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July 17, 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.

Analysis

North Korea’s killing of a South Korean official spells trouble for Moon Jae-in

The victim’s death likely involved shoot-to-kill orders in place to stop COVID-19 from entering the DPRK. But what now?

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 24, 2020
News

ROK official may have been shot dead near disputed inter-Korean border

North Korean shoot-to-kill orders, designed to protect DPRK from COVID-19, may be linked to official's death

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 23, 2020
News

Moon calls for end of Korean War, but US & China skirt peninsula issues at UNGA

Trump and Xi's overlooking of DPRK issue may create concern in Pyongyang, analyst says.

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 22, 2020
News

Mystery solved: Twitter users identify Kim Jong Un’s Swiss disinfectant wipes

Blurry state media images show Kim Jong Un using Swiss sanitizer products in place of domestic DPRK alternatives

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 22, 2020
News

US sanctions two Iranian officials for North Korea missile cooperation

Officials accused of working with North Korea on a space vehicle launch, but details of the cooperation are vague

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 21, 2020
News

Singaporean man admits to selling $580K of illegal luxury goods to North Korea

Singaporean director implicated in illegal luxury goods exports between 2010-2016

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 17, 2020
Evergreen

A $75 million luxury North Korean golf course shut down six weeks after opening

The Ananti Golf Resort was built in North Korea’s beautiful Mount Kumgang region — but it abruptly closed in 2008

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 17, 2020
News

North Korea may parade more than a dozen new heavy missile launchers on Oct. 10

Satellite imagery shows that the DPRK is gearing up storage units — possibly to show off massive, high-tech equipment

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 15, 2020
Analysis

October surprise? What to expect from North Korea ahead of the 2020 US election

Precedent suggests that Pyongyang is likely to take wait-and-see posture and act later

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 15, 2020
News

US reviewed plans to use nuclear weapons on North Korea, strike leadership

Amid growing tensions in 2017, U.S. brushed up on plans to attack North Korea using nuclear weapons

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 14, 2020
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