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.
Korea Kumgang Group appears to have downsized or shut down completely after a once-successful run
Some experts say that North Korea is trying to lightly provoke the US. Others say the tests have no hidden message.
Rapid decay of DPRK-Malaysia ties follows extradition of North Korean citizen to the United States
The loss of humanitarian workers could have a massive effect on North Korea in the near future
Beijing announced that visa applicants will have to be inoculated with a Chinese-made vaccine
Top diplomat says North Korea will ignore US outreach until Washington “rolls back its hostile policy”
Threat of a test has increased following Kim Jong Un remarks about moratoria and reveal of new ICBM design
Expats in Pyongyang received warning call late on Monday evening, sources say
Biden’s busy agenda, lessons learned from the Trump era and COVID-19 make renewed U.S.-DPRK talks very unlikely
Inclusion of abductee issue likely reflects Japanese language requests, says Vipin Narang
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