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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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In photos: street-side North Korean propaganda seen this winter
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In photos: street-side North Korean propaganda seen this winter

Designs include those instructing citizens to learn Kim Jong Un's new year's speech by heart

In photos: street-side North Korean propaganda seen this winter
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll | Eun-ah Seol February 27, 2018
New roads connected to Pyongyang’s unfinished Ryugyong Hotel

New roads connected to Pyongyang’s unfinished Ryugyong Hotel

Two new access roads added to front of hotel, photos reveal

New roads connected to Pyongyang’s unfinished Ryugyong Hotel
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 26, 2018
Liberty Korea sit-in protest fails to prevent arrival of North Korean delegation

Liberty Korea sit-in protest fails to prevent arrival of North Korean delegation

North Korean delegation appears to take different route after border processing

Liberty Korea sit-in protest fails to prevent arrival of North Korean delegation
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 24, 2018
UN authorizes €4 million payment to North Korean bank for aid operations
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UN authorizes €4 million payment to North Korean bank for aid operations

Sanctions committee gives green light for transfer to support country team operations inside DPRK

UN authorizes €4 million payment to North Korean bank for aid operations
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 23, 2018
Construction abandoned at Chinese-backed shopping mall in Pyongyang, photos show
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Construction abandoned at Chinese-backed shopping mall in Pyongyang, photos show

The East Pyongyang Shopping Mall was once a high-profile foreign-backed development

Construction abandoned at Chinese-backed shopping mall in Pyongyang, photos show
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 22, 2018
How North Korea’s propaganda leaflets are changing

How North Korea’s propaganda leaflets are changing

Pro-Pyongyang fliers appearing in the ROK have undergone a dramatic change in tone

How North Korea’s propaganda leaflets are changing
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 21, 2018
Towerblock construction surrounding Kim Il Sung square slows, photos show
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Towerblock construction surrounding Kim Il Sung square slows, photos show

Limited construction progress over four month period, despite central Pyongyang location

Towerblock construction surrounding Kim Il Sung square slows, photos show
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 19, 2018
North Korea seeks united peninsula “under a single communist system”: Harris

North Korea seeks united peninsula “under a single communist system”: Harris

U.S. PACOM chief becomes third senior official to suggest DPRK's end goal is conquest of ROK

North Korea seeks united peninsula “under a single communist system”: Harris
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 14, 2018
State reaffirms N. Korea human rights commitment following apparent funding cut

State reaffirms N. Korea human rights commitment following apparent funding cut

Free flow of information into the DPRK remains a high-priority for Washington, says spokesperson

State reaffirms N. Korea human rights commitment following apparent funding cut
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 11, 2018
Roadblocks ahead: key hurdles to an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang
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Roadblocks ahead: key hurdles to an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang

Without real concessions from North Korea, a Moon-Kim meeting will be limited in scope

Roadblocks ahead: key hurdles to an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll February 10, 2018
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