Content Author | NK PRO
NK Pro Logo
January 09, 2025

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

What to make of North Korea’s massive Eighth Party Congress reveal

Pyongyang announced key foreign policy, military and economic goals that tell us a lot about the future

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 9, 2021
News

Once lush with products, North Korean supermarkets are now barren and deceptive

Photos obtained by NK News show scarce food items and products that don’t look anything like what’s advertised

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 5, 2021
Analysis

Report: The rise in North Korea-China relations and what it means for 2021

While COVID-19 has halted most exchange, indicators suggest momentum between two allies will continue after virus passes

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 4, 2021
News

Pompeo touts success on North Korea, but a senior Russian official is skeptical

Pompeo publishes a 13-tweet thread promoting his personal role in Washington's North Korea policy

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 3, 2021
Analysis

What to expect at North Korea’s Eighth Party Congress

A new economic plan will likely be announced, but there’s no sign that it can create the results that North Korea needs

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 29, 2020
News

Compared to 2016, North Korea quiet ahead of upcoming Party Congress

Run-up to 2016 Party Congress saw a flurry of missile tests, provincial votes, foreign delegations and more

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 24, 2020
News

Nearly five years later, high rises near Kim Il Sung square are still unfinished

Recent ground-level photos show that central Pyongyang apartments remain incomplete

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 23, 2020
News

Singaporean breached North Korea sanctions with bulk exports of Pokka coffee

Pokka Singapore denies connection with recently jailed Lim “William” Cheng Hwee and SINSMS freight-forwarding company

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 21, 2020
News

North Korea reveals controversial plans to redevelop Kumgang tourist area

Kim Jong Un called for the removal and replacement of South Korean facilities at the Kumgang tourist area in Oct. 2019

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 19, 2020
News

Despite complaints, UN can’t agree on new North Korea sanctions designations

German chair of the U.N. 1718 Sanctions Committee speaks on the challenges North Korea sanctions face

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 19, 2020
1 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 144