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February 07, 2025

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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.

Analysis

10 years of Kim Jong Un: What was his best decision so far?

More than 80 experts vote on Kim’s smartest calls for sustaining his rule, from ballistic missiles to ties with Beijing

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 6, 2021
News

Palestinian envoy exits DPRK while Russian ambassador refutes earlier report

Alexander Matsegora says nine Russian diplomats in North Korea after NK News report on foreign exodus from capital city

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 29, 2021
Analysis

Experts doubt that ‘Squid Game’ has been smuggled into North Korea

'Logically and conceptually impossible’ that show reached North Korea amid COVID-19 controls and foreign media crackdown

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 25, 2021
News

Dozens of Russians leave from Pyongyang amid ongoing exodus of embassy staff

Palestinian ambassador also departs, multiple sources say

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 24, 2021
News

North Korea urges embassies in Pyongyang to place import orders

Request from DPRK's diplomatic affairs bureau could signal a return to routine and regular trade, expert says

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 11, 2021
News

North Korea seeks ‘close’ foreign cooperation on women’s rights, health

Rare expression of interest amid pandemic appears in foreign ministry screed on ‘plight’ of women in Western countries

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 10, 2021
Analysis

New proposal to relieve UN sanctions on North Korea: What do experts think?

Experts say proposal neglects DPRK’s weapons development, but some welcome suggestions on humanitarian aid and dialogue

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 5, 2021
News

China and Russia submit proposal to ease UN sanctions on North Korea: sources

Draft sent to UN Security Council cites DPRK’s lack of nuclear and long-range missile tests in recent years

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 30, 2021
News

North Koreans using cash coupons as country struggles to print new bills

Expert notes early signs of inflation present in DPRK as rigid pandemic lockdown approaches third year

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 25, 2021
News

North Koreans pull out of EU-related meetings without explanation

DPRK delegation was to visit Brussels for first in-person meetings since pandemic began in early 2020

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 22, 2021
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