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Will Ripley

@willripleyCNN

5 years

#breaking Surreal moment: Kim Jong Un’s security guards and President Trump‘s secret service agents standing together at the DMZ

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

The journey from Tokyo to Hong Kong normally takes me about five hours. It’s now been 19 hours since I left Narita airport and I’m still not home, as I await my COVID-19 test result. This is what international travel is like during the coronavirus pandemic. (Thread)

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CNN live feed of Democratic presidential debate goes to black in Beijing. Candidates were asked about China’s human rights record & the mass detention of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang. #PresidentialDebate

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5 years

I worked in TX for 7 years, reporting from where @Acosta is standing many times from 2004-2011. Drugs & illegal immigration was my beat. Border apprehensions hit nearly 1.2M in 2005 & have fallen dramatically since. 400K last year. When fence was built, cartels dug tunnels.

The Situation Room

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CNN’s Jim @Acosta is along the border in McAllen, Texas, where President Trump spoke earlier. “Earlier today he declared the nation is under attack on the border…but that’s not the only misleading thing the President has said today while he’s been in pursuit of his border wall"

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#urgent Indonesia football tragedy is '2nd deadliest stadium disaster' with at least 129 killed (after Peru, 1964). President @jokowi orders investigation into football protocol & security. Questions over police use of tear gas to stop brawls. Stadium may have been over capacity.

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5 years

Just got tear gassed. Happy Halloween from Hong Kong.

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

We’re all impacted by coronavirus. Fear. Anxiety. Paranoia. It’s everywhere. I’m fighting these toxic feelings by doing at least one thing everyday that brings me joy. Today, it’s dancing in my room 😅(Bollywood style, thanks #Muqabla ). What gives you joy? Show me! #JoyFightsFear

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6 years

North Korean defector solider is 24, was shot up to 5x, last name “Oh.” He’d lost half his blood & had “dozens” of intestinal parasites — now in “great” condition, doctor says. Oh’s been listening to K-pop, watching Hollywood & South Korean movies. His favorite show? “C.S.I.”

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

#breaking Taiwan's top court rules in favor of same-sex marriage. First in Asia to have such a ruling. Huge victory for LGBT community.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Nightmare scenes in Seoul's Itaewon nightlife district. Social media captures the horror & heartbreak of friends & first responders frantically trying to save victims of the Halloween crowd crush that killed at least 151 people & shocked South Korea.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

These pics taken by Song Sehyun, 22-year-old who was attending the Halloween party in Seoul’s Itaewon nightclub district. You can see how packed the streets were a couple of hours before the deadly crush that killed at least 120 people. Two of his friends, Americans, are missing.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

“It would not be much of a universe if it wasn’t home to the people you love” - Stephen Hawking, 76, RIP

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1 year

#breaking Powerful moment at the White House as Ukraine's President Zelensky unexpectedly gave President Biden a cross for military merit, on behalf of a war hero named Pavlo. A visibly moved Biden said the honor was "undeserved, but appreciated." @VictorBlackwell @Phil_Mattingly

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

Daily 5AM wake up alarm blaring on loudspeakers in Pyongyang, North Korea. (This is for you @jaketapper )

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4 years

The coronavirus pandemic isn't just taking lives -- its taking livelihoods. As economies shut down, jobs are lost. And the world that many people have known goes away. Here in Japan, a whole new wave of 'coronavirus refugees' are finding themselves homeless for the first time.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Not a good sign that Kim Jong Un did not meet with Pompeo. In an ominous turn of tone, North Korea has published a long statement following two days of high-level talks with a U.S. delegation led by Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang, saying the “attitude” of the U.S. was “regrettable.”

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Please keep Otto Warmbier and his family in your thoughts

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

There are plenty of global issues deserving of your attention, Mr. President. If you’d like to learn more about them, watch CNN International.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

6 years

We should have a contest as to which of the Networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted in its political coverage of your favorite President (me). They are all bad. Winner to receive the FAKE NEWS TROPHY!

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

Woken up before dawn and told to prepare for a 'big event.' Even our North Korean minders don't know where we're going or what we are seeing

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

Federal judge awards parents of Otto Warmbier $501M (yes, half a billion dollars) in lawsuit against North Korea: “North Korea is liable for the torture, hostage taking, and extrajudicial killing of Otto Warmbier and the injuries to his mother and father” wrote Judge Beryl Howell

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

Wow. Another big earthquake in Taiwan. This one was a 6.8 with the epicenter in Taitung County. Even stronger than the 6.4 on Saturday. This video is from Taipei, more than 200 miles from Taitung.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

Update: 296 casualties, 146 dead, 150 injured. 1,701 response personnel, including 517 firefighters and 1,100 police, 70 govt workers.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

North Korea attacks President Trump’s personal hygiene. NK media calls Trump an “old lunatic” & says “he [Trump] cannot deodorize [the] nasty smell from his dirty body woven with frauds, sexual abuses and all other crimes nor keep the U.S. from rushing to the final destruction.”

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

Just landed in Melbourne, Australia. I’m a little surprised we made it. The flight 30 minutes before us was canceled due to bushfire smoke. @cameramanCNN took this incredible video of a cloud formation above the fire — so intense, it’s creating its own weather!

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Remember all the concern about the Trump admin. going into this summit w/ Kim Jong Un unprepared? The North Koreans have pored over every single detail about the President & his team. They’ve studied decades of US policy. According to the press pool, Pompeo got Kim’s name wrong.

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6 years

The 70th United States Secretary of State is on his way to #NorthKorea to hopefully talk to "Chairman Un." 🤦🏽‍♂️

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

Good evening from Pyongyang, North Korea

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@willripleyCNN

8 years

An emotional embrace between President Obama and #Hiroshima survivor Shigeaki Mori, who I interviewed this week.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

#breaking The end of the Korean War will be declared later this year, following an historic summit at Panmunjom between the two Koreas. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un & South Korea’s Moon Jae-in announced the 1953 armistice will be converted into a peace treaty.

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@willripleyCNN

3 years

Hong Kong, 2019 — Protestors storm Legislative Council Washington, 2021 — Protestors storm US Capitol

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1 year

CNN is the first TV network to visit Ukraine's Snake Island. The tiny Black Sea island played an outsized role in Russia’s war on Ukraine, when a handful of its defenders defiantly told a Russian warship "Go F*** yourself." @PIERREbairin @CNNThisMorning @donlemon @kaitlancollins

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

In the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, as other countries were taking aggressive measures to fight the virus, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fighting to save the Olympics. Now, Japan’s problems are piling up. WATCH @cnn #gothere

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

Finally heading home. A five hour journey before coronavirus took 21 hours (plus two weeks of mandatory quarantine). BUT, when it’s over, my family & I get to enjoy a relatively normal life in Hong Kong without too much anxiety about COVID-19. The numbers here remain very low.

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

This is a first for me. An electronic wristband to monitor my (lack of) movement during my compulsory 14 day quarantine in Hong Kong. Feels like house arrest. I had to install a tracking app that has access to my phone’s location & camera. (Yes, you can shower with the wristband)

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4 years

So much for social distancing. Tokyo residents seem to ignore warnings from their government about a spike in coronavirus cases, packing the Meguro river to view the cherry blossoms on a weekday afternoon.

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

The 85th anniversary of the Korean People's Army is a public holiday in North Korea, which means a rare day off for Pyongyang citizens

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

CNN has learned Hong Kong police have been instructed to arrest anyone chanting a slogan supporting Hong Kong or Taiwan independence, anyone in possession of a flag or banner promoting Hong Kong or Taiwan independence will also be arrested & prosecuted under the new nat sec law.

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

A source close to the planning of tonight's dinner in Hanoi with Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un says it has been a struggle to get the menu approved by the US and North Korea. If they had a hard time negotiating what's for dinner, what does that say about denuclearization talks?!

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

North Korean soldiers violated Armistice Agreement with South Korea twice last week in pursuit of defecting soldier, United Nations Command says. First by firing shots across the Military Demarcation Line, and then by crossing MDL. 40+ bullets fired, 5 hit, defector survived.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

The moment CNN is blacked out in China. State censors shut off CNN’s signal when I start talking about President Xi abolishing term limits. President Trump is praising China’s authoritarian leader: “He's now president for life...Maybe we'll have to give that a shot some day”

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

Must see for anyone following the North Korea threat. Our @CNN exclusive documentary - Secret State: #InsideNorthKorea TONIGHT at 10p ET

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4 years

North Korea took one day to deny President Trump's claim he'd recently received a "nice" letter from Kim Jong Un. Six days after CNN's @jimsciutto first reported US intel he may be in grave danger after surgery, Pyongyang has neither confirmed or denied. Silence speaks volumes.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

#breaking Speaker Pelosi’s convoy appears to be arriving now at Grand Hyatt, Taipei. Foreign ministry in Taipei issued statement welcoming Pelosi. Chinese military on “high alert” and says military exercises around Taiwan will begin in the coming hours. CNN video @EricCheungwc

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

#breaking Japan says projectiles launched from North Korea’s east coast are ballistic missiles. One of the missiles traveled far enough to reach Japan’s territorial waters, known as its Exclusive Economic Zone.

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4 years

#breaking A fresh surge of coronavirus cases is putting pressure on Japan's healthcare system. There are currently more than 13,000 known cases in Japan & 360 confirmed deaths. Tokyo (pop. 13.5M) is testing, on average, fewer than 300 people/day vs. NYC's average 20,000/day.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

#breaking US embassy in Seoul, South Korea confirms two US citizens among those killed in the Halloween crowd crush in Itaewon. Death toll is 153, expected to rise. 26 foreigners killed. China, Iran, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, Norway. @AmaraCNN @Boris_Sanchez @NewDay

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

#breaking North Korea urges foreign diplomats to leave on Friday. Dozens of foreign diplomats quarantined in Pyongyang, North Korea are planning to take an evacuation flight this Friday, a source inside the country tells me.

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

#breaking First images from North Korea of military exercise overseen by Kim Jong Un, said to be largest of its kind in North Korean history

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

It’s 12:30pm. More than 20 hours into my journey, the COVID-19 test results are in...

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

As Japan's coronavirus cases increase SEVENFOLD in one month, a growing list of executives are questioning Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The billionaire founder of Uniqlo is criticizing the lack of testing: "Every citizen should be tested."

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7 years

#breaking Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe just now: "If North Korea did indeed...conduct a nuclear test, we absolutely cannot tolerate"

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

#breaking A source on the scene with Trump and Kim tells @Acosta the new WH press Secretary Stephanie Grisham got into “an all out brawl” with North Korean officials hustling WH press pool members into the room with Trump and Kim for their meeting, and was bruised up. Tough job.

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

A peek through the window of a closed society

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

#breaking Tokyo Governor says city is on the verge of a major outbreak & situation is worsening. Number of daily coronavirus cases has more than doubled in one week. Tokyo has 120 hospital beds left for coronavirus patients. An epidemiologist warns Tokyo could be 'the next NYC.'

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

I was stopped in the middle of my live report from Tiananmen Square and had to show my press credentials. China, it’s been awhile!

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@willripleyCNN

5 months

ALL of Gaza's 2.2M ppl face acute hunger, IPC says, highest share of people facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity the IPC has EVER classified for ANY area or country. About 335K kids under 5 at high risk for malnutrition & preventable death. @OmarJimenez @SangerNYT

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

“As I walked over here, I thought ‘why was it so difficult to get here?’,” Kim Jong Un told South Korean President Moon Jae-in as they began talks. “The separating line wasn’t even that high to cross. It was too easy to walk over that line and it took us 11 years to get here.”

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

A closer look at the massive smoke plume from a bushfire burning near Australia’s Mt. Buffalo National Park. We saw this on our approach into Melbourne. Many other flights canceled due to heavy smoke today. Video by @cameramanCNN

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7 years

#breaking Japan & South Korea now confirming a North Korean missile has flown over northern Japan. Unclear what type of missile.

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@willripleyCNN

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#breaking For the 5th day in a row -- Japan reports its biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases. 194 new cases on Saturday alone. Total infections (counting cruise ship) 2,200. Death toll 62. Japan is on the verge of a state of emergency & officials warn Tokyo could lockdown.

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@willripleyCNN

2 years

An estimated 100K people attended a candlelight vigil in Seoul, South Korea to express their grief & anger over last weekend's horrific crowd crush. 156 people died, most in their teens & 20's. Unlike last weekend, thousands of police were deployed for crowd control. @AmaraCNN

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

Just arrived in North Korea. My 17th trip. We’ll be here for the duration of President Trump’s landmark Asia visit reporting live on @CNN

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

Almost nine hours into my journey, I’m now in my hotel room. The card key only works once. You are told not to leave the room once you enter. My results won’t come until the afternoon, most likely. So, I try to get some sleep.

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@willripleyCNN

3 years

The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, sat down with me for her first international TV interview in nearly two years. Watch my exclusive interview with President Tsai Ing-wen @iingwen today on @CNN & @cnni

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7 years

Rare night of no drug killings meant a break for funeral workers. Also the night of the #Manila police #Christmas party.

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1 year

#breaking President Zelensky's speech to congress is hailed a triumph, but here in Ukraine, very few people are able to see it. Relentless Russian attacks are crippling civilian infrastructure. Millions don't have electricity or even heat. Some don't even have water. @jaketapper

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

#breaking CNN EXCLUSIVE: Sources: ‘Executed’ North Korean special envoy to the US, Kim Hyok Chol, is still alive and remains in custody and under investigation for his role in the failed Hanoi summit, several sources familiar with the situation tell me.

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Protestors in Hong Kong hold a celebratory, pro-US rally. President Trump gave them what one prominent activist termed a "timely Thanksgiving present." Trump signed an act in support of the protest movement despite a potential backlash from Beijing in sensitive trade talks.

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

There are more forms to fill out, including a health declaration and compulsory 14-day quarantine order once I arrive in Hong Kong. Penalty for violating the quarantine: HKD $25,000 and 6 months in jail

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6 years

#breaking First video of US Air Force plane bringing 55 sets of Korean War remains, believed to be Americans, from North Korea. Each box, draped with the UN flag, could’ve been a son, husband, father... (📹 Jungeun Kim)

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

Hong Kong’s airport is a bustling regional hub. To see it like this is surreal and sad. It really hits home how unprecedented this situation is for all of us, especially the travel industry.

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

The mayor of Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, is facing a public backlash after he suggested men are better suited to grocery shopping during the coronavirus pandemic, because women take too long and contribute to overcrowding at supermarkets. Yep, he really said that.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

A fellow journalist who was outside was told to come inside, and says he noticed signs of increased security around our hotel. This is getting more interesting.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Something interesting is happening at our hotel in Wonsan. We’ve been told to stay inside and not look out the windows. Most of us are assembled in the press center. Our minders don’t seem to know what’s going on. It may be no big deal, but you never know in North Korea.

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#breaking US Space Command confirms the Chinese rocket re-entered the atmosphere over the Arabian peninsula at approximately 10:15pm ET on Saturday night. However, Space Command would not comment/confirm China's claim of impact in Indian Ocean near the Maldives. @cnni @holmescnn

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

1606 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 vanished. More than 230,000 sq km of ocean searched. 27 pieces of likely wreckage, 3 confirmed. A new 495 page report, perhaps the final report until a breakthrough. Search called off. 239 still missing. No answers. No closure.

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

President George W. Bush: “My dear mother has passed on at age 92. Laura, Barbara, Jenna, and I are sad, but our souls are settled because we know hers was. Barbara Bush was a fabulous First Lady and a woman unlike any other who brought levity, love, and literacy to millions."

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5 years

Merry Christmas from Hong Kong! 🎄☃️❄️

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Four years ago today, I was on my first assignment for CNN in Australia covering the missing plane. Now, it’s time for a new adventure in Hong Kong. I’m thrilled to join the team at CNN’s Asia-Pacific hub!

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#breaking Satellite images show what is likely North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's train at his compound in Wonsan. This doesn't prove or disprove anything about his health. But for context, Kim usually prefers to fly to Wonsan. A train is a far more formal/solemn way to travel.

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6 years

#breaking North Korea to send high-ranking delegation & cheering team to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, will walk with South Korea in opening ceremony. South Korea proposes reunion of divided families around the Lunar New Year on Feb 16. - Yonhap & Reuters

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North Korean state TV aired footage of President Donald Trump saluting a North Korean General. Trump first extends his hand, to which the General responds with a salute. Trump salutes back, then extends his hand again & the two men shake hands. All with Kim Jong Un looking on.

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#breaking US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan after a stop in Malaysia, a Taiwanese official & US official tell @ericcheungwc @kylieatwood -- despite warnings from Biden administration officials, worried about China's military response @NewDay

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#breaking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky enters the US House floor to boisterous and sustained applause as he is welcomed by members of Congress and members of US President Biden's Cabinet. Zelensky held a bilateral meeting with Biden to discuss US support of Ukraine.

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A Senior Western diplomat calls Trump’s comments w/ Putin “devastating” & “pathetic.” A German official tells CNN the press conference was “frightening” and Germans (for the first time since 1948) see the need for a strategy that treats the US as an ADVERSARY. via @eliselabottcnn

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4 years

This is one of three flights per week, I’m told. The plane is flying with 109 passengers, around 1/4 capacity.

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Charles Jenkins, US Army Sgt. who defected to North Korea in 1965, dies aged 77, CNN confirms. Jenkins married a Japanese abductee in Pyongyang & had 2 daughters before relocating to Japan in 2004. The Japanese Cabinet Office says Jenkins died from heart failure at his home.

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I was kinda surprised that my first ever COVID-19 test is “do it yourself.” First, we watch a short video explaining how to do it. Then we go to our assigned booth (I’m booth A16)

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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says the influenza antiviral Avigan has been tested clinically with good results in treating coronavirus. Japan plans to increase stock for 2 million people. Japan will also provide the drug for free to other countries, aiming to broaden clinical trials.

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@willripleyCNN

4 years

DAY ONE of Japan's limited state of emergency for seven prefectures (a large chunk of the population/economy). Not a lockdown, far from it. The streets don't appear desolate or empty. People are still out. Some businesses closed, many open. Will this be enough? Time will tell.

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5 years

At least they got to have dinner. Lunch was cancelled!

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@willripleyCNN

5 years

A source close to the planning of tonight's dinner in Hanoi with Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un says it has been a struggle to get the menu approved by the US and North Korea. If they had a hard time negotiating what's for dinner, what does that say about denuclearization talks?!

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Hong Kong police are coming under heavy criticism after a widely-circulated video shows officers tackling a 12-year-old girl to the ground during a pro-democracy protest. Police say the officer deployed "minimum necessary force" in the situation. READ MORE

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#breaking North Korea on latest Trump comments: "Trump is driving the situation on the Korean peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war"

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4 years

Am I nervous? Not really. I don’t think I have COVID-19. I’ve been working from home in Tokyo since March. I take my temperature twice daily (no fever). But a lot of cases ARE asymptomatic so that does make me very curious. I really wanna go home...so fingers crossed.

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@willripleyCNN

7 years

President Trump’s latest North Korea tweet seems to be in response to Saturday’s state media report, once again calling Mr. Trump a “dotard.” The obscure insult is defined as “an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile”

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@willripleyCNN

6 years

Plane took off about an hour ago. 5 minutes later, we were allowed to go outside. Internet was switched off but is now back on. Everything back to normal. I suspect we may find out tomorrow (on North Korean media) who visited Wonsan and why we had to stay inside for a few hours.

Will Ripley

@willripleyCNN

6 years

Update: Still waiting. Still no word. Our hotel is near an airport without regularly scheduled flights, but we think we heard a plane land about 30 minutes ago. Could be nothing, but...

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Will Ripley

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8 years

Powerful moment. Obama lays a wreath at the #Hiroshima Peace Memorial. History unfolding, 71 years after the A-bomb.

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Will Ripley

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6 years

#breaking North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with South Korean president Moon Jae-in for a second time, this time on the north side of the DMZ. Incredible they were able to pull this second summit together so quickly. Both leaders really want Trump/Kim summit to happen.

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Will Ripley

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4 years

#breaking 70-year-old Japanese man — a Diamond Princess passenger who tested negative — has now tested positive AGAIN. He was hospitalized on Feb 14, tested negative on March 2 & went home. On March 14, he had a high temperature & was re-tested and diagnosed positive a 2nd time.

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Will Ripley

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4 months

Taiwan. You got this.

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