Chad O'Carroll | NK News
NK News Logo
June 08, 2025Jun 08, 2025

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.

More articles by 'Chad O’Carroll'

Air China flights to North Korea wrap up for winter pause

Air China flights to North Korea wrap up for winter pause

Temporary suspension could leave access to country in precarious position, given current tensions

Air China flights to North Korea wrap up for winter pause
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll November 1, 2017
North Korean capital’s fall marathon fails to attract foreign runners: sources

North Korean capital’s fall marathon fails to attract foreign runners: sources

"You could hardly tell there was an event going on," says one Pyongyang visitor

North Korean capital’s fall marathon fails to attract foreign runners: sources
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 30, 2017
North Korea conducts blackout exercises and mass evacuation drills: Sources

North Korea conducts blackout exercises and mass evacuation drills: Sources

Rare drills spotted outside of Pyongyang, especially on east coast, sources say

North Korea conducts blackout exercises and mass evacuation drills: Sources
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 28, 2017
Pyongyang to Vladivostok: North Korea tourism authorities allow new route

Pyongyang to Vladivostok: North Korea tourism authorities allow new route

Exit through border with Russia a seldom-used route for visiting foreigners

Pyongyang to Vladivostok: North Korea tourism authorities allow new route
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 27, 2017
More activity underway at Kaesong Industrial Complex, satellite imagery suggests
NK PRO

More activity underway at Kaesong Industrial Complex, satellite imagery suggests

Possible agricultural activity observed in several areas of shuttered KIC

More activity underway at Kaesong Industrial Complex, satellite imagery suggests
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 26, 2017
Two years on, still no int’l flight activity at North Korea’s Kalma airport
NK PRO

Two years on, still no int’l flight activity at North Korea’s Kalma airport

Satellite imagery, sources suggest Wonsan development remains largely unused domestically

Two years on, still no int’l flight activity at North Korea’s Kalma airport
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 25, 2017
War on the Korean peninsula: brinkmanship or a genuine possibility?

War on the Korean peninsula: brinkmanship or a genuine possibility?

With Washington and Pyongyang trading threats, experts assess likelihood of kinetic action

War on the Korean peninsula: brinkmanship or a genuine possibility?
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 23, 2017
Construction restarts, expands at Tumen’s new bridge to North Korea
NK PRO

Construction restarts, expands at Tumen’s new bridge to North Korea

Construction progress appears to have picked up following pause earlier in the year

Construction restarts, expands at Tumen’s new bridge to North Korea
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 20, 2017
Graphic North Korean leaflet calls for death of Donald Trump

Graphic North Korean leaflet calls for death of Donald Trump

“We need to give death to old crazy man Donald Trump"

Graphic North Korean leaflet calls for death of Donald Trump
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 15, 2017
North Korean foreign ministry undergoes partial tear-down, reconstruction
NK PRO

North Korean foreign ministry undergoes partial tear-down, reconstruction

Decades-old government buildings undergoing major works, pictures show

North Korean foreign ministry undergoes partial tear-down, reconstruction
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll October 12, 2017
1 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 149