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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.

News

On a remote South Korean island, North Korean trash washes ashore

Bright and colorful DPRK food and drinks wrappers are easy to find on South Korean island

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 12, 2020
News

North Korean propaganda leaflet found near Northern Limit Line

Quality of leaflet and print colors suggest it was sent recently, observer says

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 11, 2020
News

North Korean embassies seek help procuring equipment for new Pyongyang hospital

Siemens among firms reportedly contacted in order to obtain hardware for North Korea's flagship construction effort

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 9, 2020
News

North Korea to cut off all inter-Korean communication lines at midday: KCNA

Suspension of phone lines come amid North Korean anger over South Korea defector leaflet issue

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 8, 2020
Analysis

ANALYSIS: What’s driving increasing North Korean vitriol towards the South?

Indicators suggest Pyongyang wants to elevate a sense of crisis with South Korea. But why?

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 8, 2020
News

North Korea commences major anti-South Korea campaign on defector leaflets

Propaganda campaign follows revelation that Kim Yo Jong is first deputy director of United Front Department

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 7, 2020
News

South Korean police block activists’ plans to send aid and bibles to North Korea

Decision follows warning from Pyongyang on Thursday to stop launches of “anti-DPRK leaflets” into the North

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 5, 2020
COVID-19

UK embassy in Pyongyang closes, resident diplomats evacuated from North Korea

Move reportedly linked to DPRK government's coronavirus-prevention measures

News

Don’t allow North Korean staff to use the internet, International Red Cross told

Instruction comes despite rules already in place to prevent DPRK nationals accessing web

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 27, 2020
Analysis

Starlink: an uncensored internet solution for North Korea?

Elon Musk's hotly-anticipated satellite net service could prove a game-changer for tech-savvy North Koreans, experts say

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