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.
Measures appear similar to extensive restrictions imposed during 2014 Ebola outbreak
Long-time military hardliner to now serve as DPRK's top diplomat, foreign embassies in Pyongyang told
Ri Son Gwon will be replacement, sources say, a shift which could see major changes to foreign policy posture
Items in future South Korean tourist luggages could possibly breach sanctions, ambassador says
Tourism industry insiders say if appetite emerges on North Korean side, necessary changes would be relatively limited
2019 contact data only around 15% lower than 2018
Precedent suggests Sunday's gathering may have been a "Pyongyang Mass Rally" event
Effort to obfuscate pictures and video increasingly widespread, but inconsistently applied
While a window of opportunity to turn things around remains, there is a very low chance it will be seized upon
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