April 26, 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.

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

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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 26, 2015
News

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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 25, 2015
Analysis

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

Tourism takes dive due to combination of factors caused by Pyongyang

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 21, 2015
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N. Korea claims long-held ability to miniaturize nukes

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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 20, 2015
Analysis

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

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

Analysis

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?

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

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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 2, 2015
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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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 29, 2015
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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

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollApril 15, 2015
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North Korea fires seven missiles into East Sea: Joint Chief of Staff

No confirmation of test-launches yet by North Korean media

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMarch 13, 2015