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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

How to watch North Korea’s massive Oct. 10 military parade

While North Korea has live-broadcast many of its previous military parades, pattern of recent parades is unclear

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 7, 2020
News

Loud sounds heard throughout Pyongyang in early hours of Tuesday morning

Sounds likely related to transportation of heavy military equipment to be used in Saturday's forthcoming parade event

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 6, 2020
Analysis

Too little, too late: Why prospects are dim for Kim Jong Un’s ‘80-day battle’

North Korea's leader put the country on yet another speed battle to reach economic goals before a major Jan. 2021 event

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 6, 2020
COVID-19

Kim Jong Un wishes President Trump recovery from COVID-19

Kim Jong Un sent letters wishing South Korea good luck in its fight against COVID-19 in 2020, too

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 2, 2020
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
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