Gawon Bae - News Desk Reporter
Gawon Bae
News Desk Reporter
Gawon Bae is a News Desk Reporter for CNN International based in Seoul.
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• Live UpdatesLive Updates Trump hints US-Iran talks could resume this weekApr 15, 2026Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a potential second round of negotiations with Iranian officials, sources told CNN. US President Donald Trump suggested talks could resume this week in Pakistan. Follow for live updates. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 46 of Middle East conflict - Few ships pass Strait of Hormuz since US blockadeApr 15, 2026Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a potential second round of negotiations with Iranian officials should a meeting happen before the ceasefire expires next week, sources told CNN. -
South Korea’s president draws Israeli anger by using old video to make point about human sufferingApr 13, 2026South Korea’s president has angered the Israeli government by sharing video on social media from 2024 that shows Israeli soldiers pushing bodies off a building in the West Bank. -
Choi Ga-on’s incredible journey from fractured back to broken bones and Olympic goldMar 27, 2026Choi Ga-on walks in very quietly with a faint smile, seemingly camera-shy. But just a month ago, this teenage South Korean snowboarder stunned the world when she made an incredible comeback from injury to complete her final halfpipe run at the Winter Olympics, clinching the gold despite a brutal crash. -
![UNDATED FILE PHOTO - File photo of Diego Garcia,largest island in the Chagos archipelago and site of a major United States military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean leased from Britain in 1966. Exiled inhabitants of Diego Garcia began a challenge July 17 to a British government decision to kick them off the remote island 30 years ago to make way for the U.S. base. [Thousands of islanders from the 65-island Chagos archipelago, many of them born in exile in Mauritius, want Britain to return them to their homeland.]](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2000-07-18t120000z-220889991-pbeahulixci-rtrmadp-3-diego-garcia.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_720,w_1280,c_fill)
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 22 of Middle East conflict — Iran missiles hit Israel, injuring dozensMar 22, 2026US President Donald Trump threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants if Tehran doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 18 of Middle East conflict — top Iranian leaders killed, Trump administration official quitsMar 18, 2026Tehran has confirmed that its top security official Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has been killed. Follow for live news updates. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 13 of Middle East conflict — global economy disruptions, Iranian attacks spread to seaMar 13, 2026Iran has threatened to set oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East “on fire” if its energy sites are attacked. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 11 of Middle East conflict - Hegseth press conference, White House details ‘unconditional surrender’ demandsMar 11, 2026The US military said it destroyed Iranian naval ships — including 16 minelayers — near the Strait of Hormuz. CNN reported earlier that Tehran has begun laying mines in the key waterway. Follow for live news updates. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day 10 of Middle East conflict - Trump’s Florida press conference on Iran warMar 10, 2026President Donald Trump gave conflicting signs today in a series of remarks about the Iran war strategy. He said the war is nearly over but later told House Republicans that “we haven’t won enough.” Follow for live updates. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates Day two of the launch of a US-Israeli military operation against IranMar 6, 2026There could be more US casualties as part of the military operations against Iran, President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday. Three American troops have been killed so far, according to the US military. -
• Live UpdatesLive Updates How the US-Israeli strikes on Iran unfolded and the aftermath, moment by momentMar 1, 2026President Donald Trump has called for regime change following a massive US and Israeli attack, which prompted an unprecedented wave of retaliatory strikes by Iran. -
South Korea punishes former president who thought he could unravel democracyFeb 21, 2026Yoon Suk Yeol’s reckoning is the result of South Korea’s mammoth push to hold a head of state accountable for almost tearing up his nation’s democratic institutions. -
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrectionFeb 20, 2026Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which plunged the country into political chaos and threatened to unravel decades of democracy. -
‘Golden’ wins K-pop’s first Grammy. Is this a breakthrough moment?Feb 2, 2026“We’re goin’ up, up, up, it’s our moment,” proclaim virtual girl band Huntr/x in their hit song “Golden.” And the lyrics couldn’t have been more apt as the song from Netflix megahit “Kpop Demon Hunters” made history Sunday by claiming K-Pop’s first-ever Grammy. -
How a love of luxury brought down South Korea’s former first ladyJan 28, 2026It all started with a designer handbag. Then two, then a luxury necklace, and more. -
Can two North Korean defectors take a new K-pop boy band to global superstardom?Jan 16, 2026In a quiet corner of Seoul’s Hyuga Cafe, a warm, honey-toned space nestled inside what once served as the dormitory for K-pop superband BTS, two young men sip iced americanos, sketching out their own dreams of superstardom. A table away, tourists murmur over lattes, unaware that they’re seated beside what could be the future of K-pop.
About
Gawon Bae is a News Desk Reporter for CNN International based in the Seoul bureau, responsible for newsgathering, planning and researching stories on the Korean Peninsula for the network’s television and digital platforms.
Bae graduated from Georgia State University in the U.S. with a Bachelor in Journalism, majoring in multimedia broadcasting with a minor in German.
