March 29, 2024

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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.

More articles by 'Chad O’Carroll'

Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?

Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?

New technology, combined with satellite internet and solar panels, could allow independent cell network

Could Telco-In-A-Box help N. Koreans communicate with outside world?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 28, 2015
WomenCrossDMZ took ‘boilerplate’ propaganda march in N. Korea: Observers

WomenCrossDMZ took ‘boilerplate’ propaganda march in N. Korea: Observers

WomenCrossDMZ event hosted by North Korea 'for domestic propaganda reasons'

WomenCrossDMZ took ‘boilerplate’ propaganda march in N. Korea: Observers
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 26, 2015
N. Korean doctor and wife captured by Islamic State in Libya: local media

N. Korean doctor and wife captured by Islamic State in Libya: local media

Pair were captured after returning from work at local hospital, local media says

N. Korean doctor and wife captured by Islamic State in Libya: local media
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 25, 2015
Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey

Tourism takes dive due to combination of factors caused by Pyongyang

Tourism to North Korea dropped 40% in 2014 – NK News survey
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 21, 2015
N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes

N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes

Expert suggests claim could be true, but that several key hurdles remain

N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 20, 2015
North Korea’s million man army: potential peacekeeping force?

North Korea’s million man army: potential peacekeeping force?

Could KPA go from threat to international security to contributor toward international peace?

North Korea’s million man army: potential peacekeeping force?
North Korea’s million man army: potential mercenary force?

North Korea’s million man army: potential mercenary force?

Could KPA be used on large scale in Syria, small scale elsewhere as money-maker for North?

North Korea’s million man army: potential mercenary force?
N. Korea arrests S. Korean for ‘illegally entering’ DPRK territory

N. Korea arrests S. Korean for ‘illegally entering’ DPRK territory

NYU confirms South Korean national is student there, not currently enrolled

N. Korea arrests S. Korean for ‘illegally entering’ DPRK territory
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll May 2, 2015
A very special, once-in-a-lifetime tour of North Korea

A very special, once-in-a-lifetime tour of North Korea

Featuring private pre-trip briefings by Dr. Andrei Lankov and myself, the founder of NK News

A very special, once-in-a-lifetime tour of North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 29, 2015
Can you help us better cover North Korea?

Can you help us better cover North Korea?

Help us impove our understanding of North Korea by sending reporters to the border for extended periods of time

Can you help us better cover North Korea?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll April 15, 2015