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.
American was high-profile defector who once starred in N.Korea propaganda movies
Deployment could provoke or avert further N.Korean nuclear and missile tests, experts say
South Korean authorities insist waving DPRK flag violates National Security Act
President tells FT: "If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
With the President yet to appoint so many key personnel, what would happen in event of a crisis?
New tower blocks appearing as close as 100m from capital's Kim Il Sung square
Bridge would connect China and North Korea, work previously stalled due to weather
Facade refurbishment comes amid wider city-sprucing campaign, tourist insider says
Move comes same week as new Pyongyang-Dandong Air Koryo shuttle service announced
JS781 will depart Pyongyang on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Dandong
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