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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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Floating rice plants and gardens proliferate in Pyongyang: photos

Floating rice plants and gardens proliferate in Pyongyang: photos

Floating rice paddies and flowers offer multipurpose water filtration system, state media reports

Floating rice plants and gardens proliferate in Pyongyang: photos
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 28, 2017
Another convoy of trucks crosses from China to N. Korea: source
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Another convoy of trucks crosses from China to N. Korea: source

This week's convoy includes at least five mobile cranes, source says

Another convoy of trucks crosses from China to N. Korea: source
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Chad O'Carroll June 27, 2017
Why the U.S. needs a long-term strategy on North Korea

Why the U.S. needs a long-term strategy on North Korea

AEI scholar Nicholas Eberstadt says DC should no longer respond with “surprise, reactive measures"

Why the U.S. needs a long-term strategy on North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 26, 2017
10 weeks on, N. Korea’s fuel prices remain 75% higher than normal
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10 weeks on, N. Korea’s fuel prices remain 75% higher than normal

Sources say no end in sight and speculate prices will never return to normal

10 weeks on, N. Korea’s fuel prices remain 75% higher than normal
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Chad O'Carroll June 26, 2017
Convoy of trucks seen crossing from China to North Korea under police escort
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Convoy of trucks seen crossing from China to North Korea under police escort

Contents of shipping containers spotted in Dandong headed to North Korea unknown

Convoy of trucks seen crossing from China to North Korea under police escort
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Chad O'Carroll June 22, 2017
Trump: Chinese help on North Korea has “not worked out”

Trump: Chinese help on North Korea has “not worked out”

Statement comes ahead of a planned security dialogue between U.S and China

Trump: Chinese help on North Korea has “not worked out”
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 20, 2017
North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?
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North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?

Citizens have more new IT than ever before, but the state's paranoia remains an obstacle to widespread use

North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?
Japanese ‘lifestyle retailer’ opens first foreign brand store in North Korea

Japanese ‘lifestyle retailer’ opens first foreign brand store in North Korea

Japanese ownership and U.S. presence could breach unilateral sanctions, analyst warns

Japanese ‘lifestyle retailer’ opens first foreign brand store in North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll June 14, 2017
Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017
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Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017

A strictly-controlled visit saw the state show off its developing economy, but contradictions abound in the DPRK

Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017
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Chad O'Carroll June 13, 2017
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