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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

North Korea’s technology sector: Real change or Potemkin progress?

Citizens have more new IT than ever before, but the state's paranoia remains an obstacle to widespread use

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Kevin SearchJune 15, 2017
News

Japanese ‘lifestyle retailer’ opens first foreign brand store in North Korea

Japanese ownership and U.S. presence could breach unilateral sanctions, analyst warns

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 14, 2017
Analysis

Guns, butter, and the Byungjin line in action? Pyongyang in April 2017

A strictly-controlled visit saw the state show off its developing economy, but contradictions abound in the DPRK

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 13, 2017
News

Dennis Rodman to visit North Korea, source confirms

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman will return to North Korea for unknown reasons

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 12, 2017
News

N. Korean video details alleged Kim Jong Un assassination attempt

Uriminzokkiri video claims DPRK national paid by CIA, NIS, and NGO to murder leader

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 12, 2017
Interviews

John Delury: How Democrats could scuttle a deal on North Korea

Yonsei Professor talks engagement, Park Geun-hye, and what Congress gets wrong about Pyongyang

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 8, 2017
News

Air Koryo flight forced to land after technical mishap: sources

Tupolev aircraft was also involved in engine fire incident in July last year

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 6, 2017
News

N. Korean airline introduces tinned pheasant line, opens Pyongyang shop

Move comes as Air Koryo expanding into sectors including tobacco, soft drinks, and taxis

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 6, 2017
Evergreen

Time running out to improve North Korean human rights: Ambassador Lee

Post-Presidential elections, S. Korea's human rights ambassador to N. Korea looks forward

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 5, 2017
Evergreen

Why N. Korea’s human rights situation isn’t improving – and how it could change

Former head of COI discusses information exchange, Kaesong, and why the DPRK is "uniquely worrying"

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 1, 2017
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