April 25, 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.

Columns

Remembering Nate Thayer, investigative journalist and former NK News member

He had a unique ability to uncover elusive information, doggedly pursuing stories about the DPRK to the bitter end

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 6, 2023
Columns

Skepticism a must as rumors run wild about former North Korean foreign minister

A Japanese outlet claims Ri Yong Ho was executed during long absence, but officials reported dead have reappeared before

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 4, 2023
Analysis

New North Korean luxury department store opens in capital after years of delays

Exclusive photos show high-end liquors for sale but little else at renamed Ryugyong Golden Plaza

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 2, 2023
Analysis

Nukes, missiles and satellites: What to make of North Korea’s plenum outcome

Kim Jong Un’s confrontational stance toward Seoul raises risk of limited inter-Korean conflict in year ahead

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 1, 2023
News

US establishes new humanitarian carveouts for North Korea sanctions regime

Aid worker says exemptions don’t go far enough in streamlining approval process for delivering assistance

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 21, 2022
News

North Korean copy of South’s ‘fire chicken’ ramen shown at Pyongyang food fair

Noodles by Kyonghung Trading Company featured at expo in Pyongyang in sign that clones of ROK products remain available

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 20, 2022
News

Singapore charges Pokka manager with selling $1M of canned drinks to North Korea

Court records indicate contraband products followed similar route into DPRK as luxury goods sold from city-state in past

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 13, 2022
News

US envoy to Seoul urges China and Russia to push North Korea to denuclearize

Washington remains committed to ‘extended deterrence’ for South Korea and Japan, including use of nuclear weapons

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Shreyas ReddyDecember 1, 2022
Analysis

Reveal of Kim Jong Un’s daughter sets her up as successor: Ex-DPRK officials

Some experts see sign North Korea will be nuke state for generations, while others see effort to ‘humanize’ leader

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Shreyas ReddyNovember 19, 2022
Analysis

Fewer luxuries on sale at North Korea’s Daesong Department Store, photos show

Exclusive photos show domestic products fill shelves but far fewer luxury goods on display than before the pandemic

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 9, 2022
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