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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

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
News

Inside North Korea’s only mosque during Eid al-Fitr

Amid pandemic, over two dozen attended Eid celebration at Rahman Mosque in Pyongyang

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 18, 2021
News

North Korea’s main newspaper now partially accessible from South Korea

South Korea’s unification ministry publishes database of DPRK newspaper content online, though most content is missing

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 14, 2021
News

North Koreans attended virtual seminars with outside world: Choson Exchange

Virtual exchanges with the DPRK are entirely feasible, says Singapore-based organization

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 13, 2021
News

White House completes North Korea policy review, emphasizes ‘practical’ approach

Biden administration confirms policy review process is complete, appears to reject Trump and Obama-era strategies

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 30, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea orders citizens to stay inside over COVID-19 dust storm fears

DPRK authorities have made similar orders several times since going into national lockdown in early 2020

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Colin ZwirkoApril 27, 2021
News

North Korean bank’s demands ‘stopped’ UN banking channel

Foreign Trade Bank wants sanctions lifted before it will play role in U.N. banking channel, says Russia’s Sputnik Bank

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 27, 2021
News

New US bill calls for social media companies to ban North Korean accounts

A Republican bill aims to terminate social media accounts belonging to U.S.-declared “state sponsors of terror”

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 26, 2021
News

Trump says Kim Jong Un ‘never respected’ Moon Jae-in, slams cost-sharing deal

"Kim Jong-un of North Korea ... never respected the current President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in"

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 23, 2021
News

Foreign food and drinks reappear in Pyongyang after months of disrupted trade

Imported items like Coca-Cola and chocolate returned to shelves amid rumors of gradual border trade reopening

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 20, 2021
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