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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.

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Uptick of pixellation, blurring on North Korean TV and web properties

Effort to obfuscate pictures and video increasingly widespread, but inconsistently applied

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJanuary 3, 2020
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Timing of North Korean Plenary Meeting suggests break from precedence

Plenum set to be held before end of December and Kim Jong Un's New Year Address on January 1

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 24, 2019
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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. citizen says he snuck into North Korea, was imprisoned in 2015

American who crossed into the DPRK illegally four years ago tells his story for the first time

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Oliver HothamDecember 24, 2019
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U.S. NGO seeks ideas to break North Korea’s information cordon

Lumen wants to "provide all North Korean people with access to uncensored sources of information"

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollDecember 20, 2019
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North Korea hails “very important” test at satellite launching ground

Results of test set to enhance the "strategic position" of the DPRK, Academy of the National Defence Science says

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Oliver HothamDecember 7, 2019
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New culture and education websites added to North Korean search portal

Addition of websites comes amid rapidly broadening scope of DPRK intranet sector

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 27, 2019
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Orascom financed LED displays on Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel: sources

Rumors also re-emerge about restaurants under-development in the hotel, which could open "next year"

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 26, 2019
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Aaron Arnold becomes new U.S. member of UN’s North Korea sanctions panel

Move follows recent reshuffle at UN panel monitoring North Korea sanctions implementation

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 24, 2019
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Singaporean at heart of NK Pro investigation jailed for sanctions violations

T Specialist firm also fined $800,000 for its role in sanctions violations, while Wang Zhiguo jailed for a year

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 22, 2019
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Kim Jong Un’s personal jet makes first appearance since Singapore summit

Unclear if DPRK leader flew on aircraft or whether it landed at Wonsan's Kalma airport

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollNovember 17, 2019
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