Ivan Watson

Dec 6, 2024 | channel3000.com | Yoonjung Seo |Ivan Watson |Ava Ko |Alex Stambaugh

Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — The leader of South Korea’s ruling party said Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeoul needs to be immediately suspended from duty to protect the country from “grave danger,” in a dramatic reversal of opinion that compounds the pressure building on Yoon ahead of a impeachment vote in parliament.

Dec 6, 2024 | localnews8.com | Yoonjung Seo |Ivan Watson |Ava Ko |Alex Stambaugh

South Korea’s ruling party leader calls for suspension of president’s powers in dramatic reversal By Yoonjung Seo, Ivan Watson, Ava Ko, Alex Stambaugh and Nectar Gan, CNNSeoul, South Korea (CNN) — The leader of South Korea’s ruling party said Friday that President Yoon Suk Yeoul needs to be immediately suspended from duty to protect the country from “grave danger,” in a dramatic reversal of opinion that compounds the pressure building on Yoon ahead of a impeachment vote in parliament.

Dec 4, 2024 | localnews8.com | Ivan Watson |Bex Wright |Yoonjung Seo |Jessie Yeung

South Korean opposition leader thought martial law announcement was ‘a deepfake’ By Ivan Watson, Bex Wright, Yoonjung Seo and Jessie Yeung, CNNSeoul, South Korea (CNN) — The leader of South Korea’s main opposition party thought the president’s late night martial law announcement was a deepfake when he first saw it, he told CNN on Thursday as his party now seeks to impeach the country’s leader.

Oct 19, 2024 | localnews8.com | Ivan Watson |Heather Chen |Rebecca Wright |Tom Booth

By Ivan Watson, Heather Chen, Rebecca Wright and Tom Booth, CNNSingapore (CNN) — Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison. “It’s more cooling that way,” says the 41-year-old former schoolteacher, who was sentenced to more than seven years in prison and seven strokes of the cane for selling methamphetamine.

Apr 5, 2024 | ktvz.com | Wayne Chang |Ivan Watson

By Wayne Chang, Nectar Gan and Ivan Watson, CNNHualien, Taiwan (CNN) — Wu was preparing breakfast for guests at the small hotel he runs in Taiwan’s Hualien County when the shelves around him shook violently and the mountain behind his house roared. Fearing the building would collapse, he rushed his guests to safety outdoors. Across the river, steep slopes were slipping from the mountains, the air swallowed by clouds of dust.