CNN Taiwan correspondent Ripley jumped out on the 2nd to emphasize that he would never confuse Thailand and Taiwan.

(Photo taken from Will Ripley Twitter)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] On New Year's Eve (12/31), CNN made a joke when reporting on the New Year's Eve fireworks show in Taipei, Taiwan. The subtitle group mistakenly confused "Taiwan" with "Thailand". heated discussion.

In this regard, CNN Taiwan correspondent Will Ripley jumped out and admitted that it was a technical problem of the TV station that caused the inability to switch screens, emphasizing that he would never confuse Taiwan and Thailand.

When New Year’s Eve fireworks were set off at Taipei 101 at midnight on New Year’s Day, many people noticed that “Thailand’s Capital Welcomes 2023” (Thailand’s Capital Welcomes 2023) appeared at the bottom of the CNN TV broadcast. During the fireworks show, the subtitle team mistakenly planted the location as "Bangkok, Taiwan", and the oolong scene was immediately shared on Twitter and spread wildly.

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In this regard, CNN Taiwan correspondent Ripley, who was in charge of broadcasting the 101 New Year's Eve fireworks, shared the full news video on Twitter today (2nd), saying, "I know that confusing Taiwan and Thailand is a sensitive topic for many people, Lu Ke Kristie Lu Stout (CNN studio anchor) and I can assure you that we will never confuse the two. The fact is that we have technical problems, and live broadcasts do have some tricky problems." Finally he again Reiterate that they did not confuse Taiwan and Thailand, and they all like the food and culture of Taiwan and Thailand very much.

From the full video uploaded by Ripley, it can be seen that the Taiwanese-American anchor Lu Kedi was broadcasting the New Year’s Eve situation in Bangkok. He connected to Ripley and said, "I know you are in Taipei, but we just happened to talk about Bangkok." , and asked Ripley, who has visited Thailand many times, to share his experience of going to the local New Year's Eve in the past.

Ripley was connecting on the street in Taipei at the time, explaining that the New Year’s Eve scene in Bangkok could not be broadcast smoothly due to signal problems, so he began to review the 101 fireworks that had just ended an hour ago, and after he handed the time back to Lu Keti, the picture was released Smooth transition to Bangkok.

I understand confusion between Taiwan & Thailand is a sensitive topic for many. Kristie & I can assure you, we would never confuse the two. Watch the full clip. We had technical problems. Live TV is tricky. of Taiwan & Thailand food and culture pic.twitter.com/4n5tzPvrQu

— Will Ripley (@willripleyCNN) January 2, 2023

When CNN broadcasted the Taipei 101 New Year's Eve fireworks show this year, the subtitles showed "Thailand's capital."

(Picture reposted from Twitter)

When CNN broadcast the New Year's Eve fireworks show in Bangkok, the title on the upper right showed "Bangkok, Taiwan".

(Picture reposted from Twitter)