Anna Coren

International correspondent

Anna Coren is an Emmy-award winning international correspondent for CNN, based at the network's Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.
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The siblings live in fear of being forcibly returned to Afghanistan and life under Taliban rule. A portion of this photo has been blurred by CNN to protect identity.
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Taliban rule sparks surge in female suicides in Afghanistan 4:26
Apr 8, 2024
CNN’s Anna Coren looks at the heartbreaking consequence of the Taliban’s misogynistic rule over Afghanistan as suicide in women surges.
Myanmar military officers march during a parade to mark the 74th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on March 27, 2019.
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Burnings and beheadings: Myanmar junta escalates terror tactics against its people
Mar 28, 2024
CNN investigation uncovers Myanmar military’s brutal and violent attacks on its people as junta faces increasing threats to its fragile hold on power
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‘Apologize in your next life’: Video shows Myanmar pro-government militia torture rebel fighters to death 5:28
Mar 28, 2024
CNN’s Anna Coren reports on videos obtained by CNN that show how torture and killings are being used by the military junta in Myanmar. The junta took control of the country from a democratically elected government in a coup in 2021.
Left - Presidential candidate and former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo speaks during the last presidential election debate at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Jakarta on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) Center - Presidential candidate and Indonesia's Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto speaks on the stage during the last presidential election debate at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Jakarta on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) Right - Presidential candidate and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan speaks on the stage during the last presidential election debate at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Jakarta on February 4, 2024. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)
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In Indonesia more than 200 million head to the polls in the world’s biggest election day 3:29
Feb 14, 2024
More than 200 million voters are expected to head to the polls Wednesday to choose Indonesia’s next leader. With a majority of the electorate under 40 years of age, the candidates are all vying for young voters to help them claim victory. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
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Oppressed by the Taliban, she swallowed acid. Now her siblings are trying to save her life
Dec 17, 2023
Arzo is so weak she spends most of her day lying on a thin mattress in a dimly lit room under a ceiling fan that steadily circulates the polluted air of Pakistan’s largest city.
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See why delay in US aid is ‘alarming’ for soldiers in Ukraine 4:04
Dec 7, 2023
CNN’s Anna Coren reports from the front line in eastern Ukraine where soldiers are telling her that they have the will to continue to fight back against Russia, but they do not have the weapons.
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‘A hero every day’: He joined Ukraine’s Maidan protests at 16. At 24, he died fighting Russia
Dec 3, 2023
Taras Ratushnyy remembers receiving a phone call from his son Roman during Ukraine’s deadly 2013 Maidan Revolution.
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Enemy drone dropped a grenade into soldier’s trench. Hear how he survived 3:16
Nov 30, 2023
A Ukrainian solider survived for days after being injured in trenches on the outskirts of Bakhmut. CNN’s Anna Coren shares his remarkable story.
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Father remembers activist son who died fighting for Ukraine 4:31
Nov 30, 2023
On November 21st, Ukraine marked the 10th anniversary of the start of the Maidan demonstrations that ultimately toppled a pro-Russian president and foreshadowed the current war. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
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‘You have to accept that you can be killed. But it is always scary.’ The story of one bloody battle in a trench in eastern Ukraine
Nov 28, 2023
“Guys, leave me here. I can’t walk,” pleads a Ukrainian soldier sitting in a narrow trench under constant Russian bombardment.
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Ukrainian commander captures video of intense warfare with Russia 3:14
Nov 28, 2023
CNN obtained video showing intense trench warfare between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Avdiivka, Ukraine. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
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CNN on the ground where Russia launched biggest drone attack since start of war 2:42
Nov 25, 2023
Russia launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
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CNN on the ground where Russia launched biggest drone attack since start of war 2:42
Nov 25, 2023
Russia launched its largest drone attack against Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv since the start of its invasion, according to local officials. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.
A Ukrainian serviceman of the 123rd Territorial Defense Brigade stands guard on a position next to the Dnipro River, in an undisclosed location in the Kherson region, on November 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. While Ukraine's recapture of Kherson city last November was a shock defeat for the Kremlin, Russian forces on the opposing bank still control swathes of territory and shell towns and villages they retreated from. The Dnipro, Europe's fourth-longest river and a historic trading route, has become a key front since Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces back over its banks in the south last year. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP) (Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images)
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CNN Exclusive: Inside Ukraine’s fight for the Dnipro River
Nov 24, 2023
As Serhiy Ostapenko hunkered down in his pickup truck, hiding under trees for cover in the dead of night, the crashing booms of Russian bombardment rumbled around him.
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Exclusive: Hear from Ukrainian drone pilot after Russians identified his unit’s position 3:32
Nov 21, 2023
Ukrainian forces win a key foothold across the strategic Dnipro River as a counteroffensive stalls elsewhere. CNN’s Anna Coren speaks with a Ukrainian drone pilot about his experiences.
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‘Nothing remains’: Afghan mother loses all 7 children in quake 3:31
Oct 16, 2023
Afghanistan’s Taliban government and international organizations estimate more than 2,000 people were killed across the region during an earthquake, and according to UNICEF, over 90% of the victims were women and children. CNN’s Anna Coren reports.

About

Anna Coren is an Emmy-award winning international correspondent for CNN, based at the network’s Asia Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.

She has been a journalist for more than 20 years reporting on some of the world’s biggest news events, including the battle against ISIS in Iraq, the Ukraine crisis, the Philippines’ Super Typhoon Haiyan, the death of Kim Jung Il, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, Thailand’s worst floods in 50 years, and the North Korean nuclear crisis.

Coren has reported from Afghanistan multiple times over the last decade, most recently in 2021 when the U.S announced its withdrawal of troops from the country marking the end of ‘the longest war’. She also played a key role in the network’s coverage of the on-going Hong Kong protests in 2020 and 2019.

Coren regularly anchors for CNN Newsroom live from the Hong Kong studios and hosts CNN feature programming such as ‘Talk Asia’, interviewing world leaders, athletes, entrepreneurs and changemakers.

Prior to joining CNN in 2008, Coren hosted the Seven Network’s national evening current affairs program in Australia. Before that, she was the Seven network’s U.S. correspondent based in Los Angeles. Coren began her career with Australia’s Nine Network as a reporter and presenter.

Throughout her career, Coren has been recognized numerous times for her work. In 2022, her powerful report on an Afghan child bride won an Emmy Award for ‘Outstanding Hard News Feature Story: Short Form’. That same year, Coren’s follow-up piece on the eventual rescue of the young girl won a Gracie Award for ‘Best Hard News Feature’. In 2020, she was part of the CNN team that won a ‘Breaking News’ award from the Royal Television Society for coverage of the 2019 Hong Kong protests. In 2013 at the Asian Television Awards, she won ‘Best News Story’ for her exclusive report ‘Afghanistan Taliban Firefight’ where she came under enemy fire in Nejrab alongside U.S. special forces. This follows wins in both 2012 and 2011 at the Asian Television Awards where she was awarded ‘Best News Presenter/Anchor’.

Coren graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications degree from Australia’s Charles Sturt University.