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July 17, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

Analysis

Amid North Korean food ‘crisis,’ signs of possible humanitarian aid imports

Two inbound shipments of possible humanitarian aid detected in May and June 2021 satellite imagery

News

UK’s outbound North Korea ambassador Colin Crooks to be next ambassador to Seoul

Personnel shift likely to take place in early 2022, sources say

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJuly 6, 2021
Border Controls

Russian Embassy confirms large group of Russians left North Korea last Friday

Photos show dozens of Russians leaving North Korea from Pyongyang railway station

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJuly 5, 2021
Analysis

NK Pro briefing: Creative options for North Korea sanctions relief

Daniel Wertz, Joshua Stanton, and Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt discuss pragmatic approaches to North Korea sanctions

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 30, 2021
News

South Korea detains man suspected of spying for North Korea

Seoul prosecutors announce arrest of left-leaning researcher, claim he met North Korean agent four times

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 25, 2021
News

Russia proposes civil aviation safety agreement with North Korea

Draft emerges after Russia provided DPRK with almost $1 million in jet parts in 2020

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 24, 2021
Analysis

Risk analysis: North Korea faces crisis due to relentless COVID-19 controls

Food scarcity will exacerbate chronic hunger and could lead to starvation if prices and availability do not stabilize

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Peter WardJune 23, 2021
News

DPRK imports from China collapse as official state media warns of ‘food crisis’

Customs data indicates North Korea imported 90% less from China in May than during April

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 22, 2021
Evergreen

Photos: Amid North Korean ‘food crisis,’ farmers active near inter-Korean border

High-powered zoom lens offers a peek into rural North Korea during emerging ‘food crisis’

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 22, 2021
News

Syria’s Assad is Kim Jong Un’s most frequent pen pal in first half of 2021

DPRK and Syria have cooperated before on missiles and chemical weapons, but recent letters likely less nefarious

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 21, 2021
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