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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.

Evergreen

Left behind: Despite détente, six South Koreans remain imprisoned in the North

Convicted of espionage and effectively abandoned by Seoul, it's unclear whether any will ever return home

News

Amid all-time appearance lows, Kim Jong Un absent for another three-week period

Data showed an unprecedentedly low number of Kim Jong Un appearances over the past three months

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 29, 2020
News

Activist group launches balloons containing bibles towards North Korea

Despite recent inter-Korean tensions, Voice of Martyrs conducts discrete balloon launch adjacent to inter-Korean border

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 25, 2020
News

Sentenced to life five years ago, status of South Koreans in North Korea unclear

Choe Chun-gil and Kim Kuk-gi were charged with espionage, sentenced to hard labor on June 23, 2015

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Jeongmin KimJune 23, 2020
Border Controls

As expat community in North Korea shrinks, new arrivals are suspended

Hardliners in Pyongyang may be working to limit the number of resident foreigners, sources say

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 22, 2020
News

Singaporean national sought by FBI for North Korea sanctions violations charged

Tan Wee Beng could face up to ten years in prison

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 19, 2020
News

Despite rising inter-Korean tensions, South Korean indifference in border area

On North Korean side of border, life also appears to continue as normal – with few signs of military presence

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Jeongmin KimJune 18, 2020
News

Chinese vessels fish freely in contested waters between the two Koreas

Chinese fishing vessels exploit contested Northern Limit Line for poaching opportunities

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 14, 2020
News

On a remote South Korean island, North Korean trash washes ashore

Bright and colorful DPRK food and drinks wrappers are easy to find on South Korean island

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 12, 2020
News

North Korean propaganda leaflet found near Northern Limit Line

Quality of leaflet and print colors suggest it was sent recently, observer says

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 11, 2020
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