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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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North Korea’s expat community shrinks as more diplomats and NGO workers leave

North Korea’s expat community shrinks as more diplomats and NGO workers leave

COVID-19 prevention measures and tough lifestyle restrictions are squeezing out Pyongyang's foreign community

North Korea’s expat community shrinks as more diplomats and NGO workers leave
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 20, 2020
Ryoo Kihl-jae, former South Korean unification minister, dies at 61

Ryoo Kihl-jae, former South Korean unification minister, dies at 61

Ryoo served as unification minister during a tumultuous time for inter-Korean relations and routinely pushed for talks

Ryoo Kihl-jae, former South Korean unification minister, dies at 61
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 17, 2020
North Korean prisoner amnesty to begin in September: State media

North Korean prisoner amnesty to begin in September: State media

Detainees to be released will include those "convicted of crimes against the country and the people"

North Korean prisoner amnesty to begin in September: State media
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 16, 2020
Seoul won’t rule out action against radio stations broadcasting into North Korea

Seoul won’t rule out action against radio stations broadcasting into North Korea

South Korea's unification ministry laid out its logic on balloon launch crackdowns during a government press tour

Seoul won’t rule out action against radio stations broadcasting into North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 11, 2020
South Korea to develop Iron Dome-style artillery interceptor system for defense

South Korea to develop Iron Dome-style artillery interceptor system for defense

Plans revealed in a multi-prong South Korean military modernization blueprint document covering 2021 to 2025

South Korea to develop Iron Dome-style artillery interceptor system for defense
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 10, 2020
Spanish aristocrat behind a North Korea sympathizer group violated UN sanctions

Spanish aristocrat behind a North Korea sympathizer group violated UN sanctions

Alejandro Cao de Benos of the Korea Friendship Association allegedly brokered payments for a North Korean firm

Spanish aristocrat behind a North Korea sympathizer group violated UN sanctions
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 10, 2020
If Trump wins election, U.S. will make a deal ‘very quickly’ with North Korea

If Trump wins election, U.S. will make a deal ‘very quickly’ with North Korea

Trump reiterates argument that U.S. would have gone to war with North Korea had he not won 2016 election

If Trump wins election, U.S. will make a deal ‘very quickly’ with North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 7, 2020
UN: Syria invited at least 800 North Koreans to work in military, construction

UN: Syria invited at least 800 North Koreans to work in military, construction

Syria allegedly invited hundreds of North Korean migrant workers as the two countries publicly established closer ties

UN: Syria invited at least 800 North Koreans to work in military, construction
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 6, 2020
Photos: Shops, restaurants and Sinuiju port – a view from Dandong in July
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Photos: Shops, restaurants and Sinuiju port – a view from Dandong in July

Despite sanctions and the COVID-19 global pandemic, North Korea's imprint on Dandong was easy to see in July 2020

Photos: Shops, restaurants and Sinuiju port – a view from Dandong in July
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 5, 2020
VIDEO: Despite COVID-19 fears, train delivers cargo across China-DPRK border
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VIDEO: Despite COVID-19 fears, train delivers cargo across China-DPRK border

Train cargo includes goods covered in blue tarpaulins while the border bridge appears to be undergoing maintenance

VIDEO: Despite COVID-19 fears, train delivers cargo across China-DPRK border
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll August 3, 2020
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