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.
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Kim Jong Un also praises DPRK's crisis control system for showing signs of "remarkable improvement"
The loss of embassy and aid workers in the DPRK may lead to dark era of extreme isolation and limited information
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Analysts are split on whether Kim Yo Jong could have been demoted following back-to-back absences from major meetings
COVID-19 prevention measures and tough lifestyle restrictions are squeezing out Pyongyang's foreign community
Ryoo served as unification minister during a tumultuous time for inter-Korean relations and routinely pushed for talks
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South Korea's unification ministry laid out its logic on balloon launch crackdowns during a government press tour
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