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.
Only handful of embassies remain open in North Korea as COVID-19 controls ban international travel, movement in country
Two inbound shipments of possible humanitarian aid detected in May and June 2021 satellite imagery
Personnel shift likely to take place in early 2022, sources say
Photos show dozens of Russians leaving North Korea from Pyongyang railway station
Daniel Wertz, Joshua Stanton, and Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt discuss pragmatic approaches to North Korea sanctions
Seoul prosecutors announce arrest of left-leaning researcher, claim he met North Korean agent four times
Draft emerges after Russia provided DPRK with almost $1 million in jet parts in 2020
Food scarcity will exacerbate chronic hunger and could lead to starvation if prices and availability do not stabilize
Customs data indicates North Korea imported 90% less from China in May than during April
High-powered zoom lens offers a peek into rural North Korea during emerging ‘food crisis’
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