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July 17, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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

Defector reveals causes of 2014 Pyongyang apartment collapse

North Korean construction expert blames disaster, loss of life on poor building effort

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 13, 2016
News

Male N.Korean tour guides sent to help with flood relief efforts

Redeployment comes amid tourism industry slowdown

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollOctober 10, 2016
Evergreen

Pyongyang architecture: Transforming design in N. Korea’s capital

Singapore-based architect talks bringing diversity to a city more famous for concrete blocks

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 29, 2016
News

New speed limits introduced around sites of reverence in Pyongyang

Speed limits as low as five kilometers per hour introduced around key statues in Pyongyang

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 22, 2016
Evergreen

Fifth North Korean nuke test showed ‘recklessness’: Lt. General Chun

Kim Jong Un "acting exactly like Hitler", former Deputy Commander says

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 14, 2016
Interviews

North Korea’s 5th nuke test: Why now and what next?

Experts react to the latest test and explain what it means, going forward

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 9, 2016
News

5.3 magnitude quake detected at N.Korea nuke testing zone

Suspected nuclear test takes place on DPRK Foundation Day

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 8, 2016
Interviews

N.Korea may be heading towards ‘crunch’, says former UK Ambassador

With current situation unsustainable, risk of violence is a possibility

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 8, 2016
News

N.Korea launches three mid-range ballistic missiles: JCS

Missiles come three days after joint U.S.-South Korean drills finish

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollSeptember 4, 2016
News

North Korean SLBM launch was a success, says Kim Jong Un

Third party observers agree that test firing was a success

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollAugust 24, 2016