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.
Plans revealed in a multi-prong South Korean military modernization blueprint document covering 2021 to 2025
Alejandro Cao de Benos of the Korea Friendship Association allegedly brokered payments for a North Korean firm
Trump reiterates argument that U.S. would have gone to war with North Korea had he not won 2016 election
Syria allegedly invited hundreds of North Korean migrant workers as the two countries publicly established closer ties
Despite sanctions and the COVID-19 global pandemic, North Korea's imprint on Dandong was easy to see in July 2020
Train cargo includes goods covered in blue tarpaulins while the border bridge appears to be undergoing maintenance
The fines follow a flurry of Singaporean court decisions related to illegal luxury goods exports to the DPRK
North Korean factories and service providers increasingly embrace the web, but emails remain a major business setback
Remarks come after U.S. side reiterates support for the full denuclearization of Korean peninsula
Report on suspected case marks a turning point in North Korea's approach to virus
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