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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.

News

Russian Embassy in Pyongyang to send large number of staff home soon: Sources

Half to two-thirds of remaining staff will return to Moscow in summer due to strict COVID-19 rules in North Korea

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 16, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un admits food security issues as party plenum event kicks off

Kim Jong Un concedes food situation outlook is 'tense', but says economic output has grown overall since last year

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoJune 15, 2021
News

Price spike: Shampoo now selling for $200 in Pyongyang, bananas for $45

Imported items selling for up to 10 times higher than normal, raising fears of disrupted supply chains

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 15, 2021
News

Spanish evidence claims Free Joseon used violence, weapons during embassy breach

Newly updated court document includes North Korean testimony, photos and CCTV evidence

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 14, 2021
News

G7 nations call for the ‘complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’

Explicit language surrounding the 'complete, verifiable and irreversible dismantlement (CVID)' of the DPRK excluded

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 13, 2021
News

North Korea’s electricity exports to China jump amid reported domestic shortages

North Korean power exports to China thought to have low impact on nationwide grid, but local areas could be impacted

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 11, 2021
News

Spain not seeking extradition of South Koreans involved in DPRK embassy break-in

Court documents reveal at least one ROK national implicated in Madrid raid

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 11, 2021
News

Christopher Ahn at very low risk of being killed in Spain, some experts say

Ahn’s lawyer maintains North Korea wants to assassinate his client accused of embassy break-in

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 8, 2021
News

New North Korea envoy to be part-time only

Sung Kim will return to Jakarta to focus predominantly on leading the Indonesia embassy, sources tell NK News

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 25, 2021
Analysis

On North Korea issues, what to make of the first Biden-Moon summit?

Summit deliverables on North Korea will be music to Moon Jae-in’s ears, but risk management was the main priority

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 23, 2021
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