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.
Requirement part of "ultra-level" anti-COVID-19 rules currently applied throughout North Korea
Deletion is latest in apparent YouTube campaign to remove North Korea-linked channels
The latest departure suggests that foreign humanitarian workers only have a skeletal presence in North Korea right now
A photo obtained by NK Pro suggests that North Korea was preparing for the "Day of Air Men" on Nov. 29
Targeted assassinations of top North Korean officials would be much harder for enemies to do inside DPRK territory
Funding marks a 25% increase from the amount allocated for DPRK human rights projects in January this year
Sources say that imported food items are scarce in major Pyongyang stores, but rural areas are probably less impacted
A sexual harassment case brings light to Adam Victor's claims that he wooed North Koreans diplomats in New York
Choson Sinbo is a pro-DPRK newspaper maintained by the General Association of Korean Residents, or Chongryon
Remarks echo Tokyo's previous line on talks with the North
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