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November 25, 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.

COVID-19

‘Don’t play with snow’: North Korea warns foreigners ahead of a COVID-19 winter

Requirement part of "ultra-level" anti-COVID-19 rules currently applied throughout North Korea

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 13, 2020
News

YouTube deletes North Korean state media channel featuring vlogger Un A

Deletion is latest in apparent YouTube campaign to remove North Korea-linked channels

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 11, 2020
News

Diplomats and aid workers exit North Korea, only two UN staff members remaining

The latest departure suggests that foreign humanitarian workers only have a skeletal presence in North Korea right now

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 2, 2020
News

Thirty aircraft spotted flying in light show formation in Chongjin, North Korea

A photo obtained by NK Pro suggests that North Korea was preparing for the "Day of Air Men" on Nov. 29

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 1, 2020
Analysis

Why the killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist can’t inform North Korea policy

Targeted assassinations of top North Korean officials would be much harder for enemies to do inside DPRK territory

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 30, 2020
News

State Department offers $3 million for human rights projects in North Korea

Funding marks a 25% increase from the amount allocated for DPRK human rights projects in January this year

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 24, 2020
COVID-19

COVID-19 lockdowns are causing severe imported food shortages in Pyongyang

Sources say that imported food items are scarce in major Pyongyang stores, but rural areas are probably less impacted

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 19, 2020
News

US energy magnate claims he courted North Korean diplomats for the FBI and CIA

A sexual harassment case brings light to Adam Victor's claims that he wooed North Koreans diplomats in New York

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 18, 2020
News

Pro-North Korea newspaper is not violating UN sanctions with paywall, Tokyo says

Choson Sinbo is a pro-DPRK newspaper maintained by the General Association of Korean Residents, or Chongryon

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 17, 2020
News

Japan says it’s maintaining behind-the-scenes contact with North Korea

Remarks echo Tokyo's previous line on talks with the North

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 16, 2020
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