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.
A new, proposed amendment will allow American humanitarian workers multiple-entry special validation passports
Momentum to restore leader-to-leader rapport was set back after June 2019 Panmunjeom meeting, Kim suggests
Pyongyang is focusing on internal efforts to overcome COVID-19 and typhoon-related impacts, Abrams says
Publication of contents from letters could complicate further DPRK-U.S. diplomacy
Photos show large groups of children practicing in Kim Il Sung Square, which is undergoing major renovations
Growing North Korean interest in domestically made wines could be linked to sanctions hurdles to foreign imports
Tourists fined after buying art from the sanctioned Mansudae Art Studio in Pyongyang, an unpublished U.N. report shows
Volume of sought equipment raises questions about whether hospital can be completed before Oct. 10 deadline
Sanctions, border closures, COVID-19 and terrible weather are all snowballing into serious problems for the DPRK
North Korea says U.S. accusations are false and are merely an effort to divert scrutiny away from American cybercrimes
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