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November 06, 2024

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Chad O’Carroll

Chad O’Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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Why North Korea has toned down its response to US-ROK summer exercises
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Why North Korea has toned down its response to US-ROK summer exercises

Analysis shows Pyongyang has been less vocal about drills this year, perhaps due to floods, but it may not stay that way

Why North Korea has toned down its response to US-ROK summer exercises
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 26, 2024
Travel insiders express doubts about North Korea tourism reopening in December

Travel insiders express doubts about North Korea tourism reopening in December

Skeptics cite logistical challenges of winter travel to remote Samjiyon, suggest neighbors likely to go first

Travel insiders express doubts about North Korea tourism reopening in December
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 21, 2024
Yoon’s new vision for unification with North Korea and US-ROK summer drills
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Yoon’s new vision for unification with North Korea and US-ROK summer drills

Chad O’Carroll and Jeongmin Kim dissect the South Korean president’s Liberation Day speech and Ulchi Freedom Shield

Yoon’s new vision for unification with North Korea and US-ROK summer drills
Yoonification: ROK president makes no room for Kim Jong Un in a unified Korea
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Yoonification: ROK president makes no room for Kim Jong Un in a unified Korea

Yoon’s call for unification under democracy makes North Korean regime change unspoken goal, aiming to divide its society

Yoonification: ROK president makes no room for Kim Jong Un in a unified Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 15, 2024
North Korea to reopen to international tourism in December, travel agencies say

North Korea to reopen to international tourism in December, travel agencies say

DPRK will reportedly allow tourists to visit Samjiyon on China border, nearly 5 years after closing country due to COVID

North Korea to reopen to international tourism in December, travel agencies say
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 14, 2024
North Korea slams op-ed by Biden officials after playing down election stakes

North Korea slams op-ed by Biden officials after playing down election stakes

Criticism of administration’s ‘hostile policy’ signals Pyongyang may be open to dialogue if Trump returns, expert says

North Korea slams op-ed by Biden officials after playing down election stakes
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 14, 2024
North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage

North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage

Investigation finds ex-UN official from Canada vanished due to rare arrest on suspicions of spying, likely for China

North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Ifang Bremer August 8, 2024
North Korean restaurant in Mongolia still closed despite report on reopening

North Korean restaurant in Mongolia still closed despite report on reopening

NK News finds Pyongyang Baek Hwa Restaurant empty and in state of disrepair amid sanctions on DPRK overseas labor

North Korean restaurant in Mongolia still closed despite report on reopening
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll July 30, 2024
Shock, then silence: What Washington thinks of the charges against Sue Mi Terry

Shock, then silence: What Washington thinks of the charges against Sue Mi Terry

Indictment of North Korea expert has stunned policy community, spurring reflection on Seoul’s influence in DC

Shock, then silence: What Washington thinks of the charges against Sue Mi Terry
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll July 25, 2024
Roundtable: What to make of North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry’s indictment
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Roundtable: What to make of North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry’s indictment

The NK News team discusses the US charges against the former CIA analyst and implications for the think tank community

Roundtable: What to make of North Korea expert Sue Mi Terry’s indictment