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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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Left behind: Despite détente, six South Koreans remain imprisoned in the North

Left behind: Despite détente, six South Koreans remain imprisoned in the North

Convicted of espionage and effectively abandoned by Seoul, it's unclear whether any will ever return home

Left behind: Despite détente, six South Koreans remain imprisoned in the North
Amid all-time appearance lows, Kim Jong Un absent for another three-week period

Amid all-time appearance lows, Kim Jong Un absent for another three-week period

Data showed an unprecedentedly low number of Kim Jong Un appearances over the past three months

Amid all-time appearance lows, Kim Jong Un absent for another three-week period
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 29, 2020
North Korean restaurant in Beijing remains open, despite UN sanctions
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North Korean restaurant in Beijing remains open, despite UN sanctions

Pyongyang Unbangwan is one of at least two DPRK-linked eateries operating in the Chinese capital city

North Korean restaurant in Beijing remains open, despite UN sanctions
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 26, 2020
Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea

Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea

Despite recent inter-Korean tensions, Voice of Martyrs conducts discrete balloon launch adjacent to inter-Korean border

Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 25, 2020
Motivations for mass leafleting: What next for inter-Korean tensions?
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Motivations for mass leafleting: What next for inter-Korean tensions?

Pyongyang seems intent at encouraging escalatory responses from Seoul

Motivations for mass leafleting: What next for inter-Korean tensions?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 23, 2020
Sentenced to life five years ago, status of South Koreans in North Korea unclear

Sentenced to life five years ago, status of South Koreans in North Korea unclear

Choe Chun-gil and Kim Kuk-gi were charged with espionage, sentenced to hard labor on June 23, 2015

Sentenced to life five years ago, status of South Koreans in North Korea unclear
As expat community in North Korea shrinks, new arrivals are suspended

As expat community in North Korea shrinks, new arrivals are suspended

Hardliners in Pyongyang may be working to limit the number of resident foreigners, sources say

As expat community in North Korea shrinks, new arrivals are suspended
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 22, 2020
Singaporean national sought by FBI for North Korea sanctions violations charged

Singaporean national sought by FBI for North Korea sanctions violations charged

Tan Wee Beng could face up to ten years in prison

Singaporean national sought by FBI for North Korea sanctions violations charged
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 19, 2020
Despite rising inter-Korean tensions, South Korean indifference in border area

Despite rising inter-Korean tensions, South Korean indifference in border area

On North Korean side of border, life also appears to continue as normal – with few signs of military presence

Despite rising inter-Korean tensions, South Korean indifference in border area
Inter-Korean tensions: what next after the demolition of the liaison office?
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Inter-Korean tensions: what next after the demolition of the liaison office?

Tuesday's move by Pyongyang represents a serious escalation of tensions

Inter-Korean tensions: what next after the demolition of the liaison office?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 16, 2020
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