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.
Midnight flyover comes just days before likely large-scale military parade to celebrate Kim Il Sung’s 110th birthday
Experts say US army and wealth gap between Koreas may give Kim Jong Un pause — but few around him will tell him no
The DPRK’s border controls have made it increasingly difficult to keep families informed and financially afloat
The war in Ukraine has overshadowed Pyongyang’s weapons tests, which an expert says could lead to future problems
More launches and another nuclear test are likely as Seoul refocuses on deterrence and containment
Debris on runways can cause significant plane damage, discouraging airlines from flying there in future
Pyongyang answered the last conservative presidential victory in Seoul with ballistic missile and nuclear tests
Latest departure leaves only four foreign ambassadors in Pyongyang, though Syria will not shutter its embassy
Moscow could withdraw support for the UN Panel of Experts on the DPRK and block new Security Council designations
Recent ‘reconnaissance satellite’ system tests were ICBM-capable platforms and represent a ‘serious escalation’
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