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January 10, 2025

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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

UN Panel of Experts: How Cold War squabbling hinders North Korea sanctions

Former members of the U.N. Panel of Experts speak on previous disputes and how they affected the final reports

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 1, 2020
Analysis

UN Panel of Experts: Why North Korea investigations don’t lead to new sanctions

Former Panel of Experts members blame wide range of issues for reticence to issue new sanctions designations

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 29, 2020
News

US calls for explanation from North Korea over killing of South Korean

State Department echoes South Korean calls for DPRK explanation

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 24, 2020
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
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