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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.

News

North Korean ballistic missile launch appears to end in failure: ROK military

Launch comes hours after DPRK sent more trash balloons and after US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea

Bryan BettsBryan Betts | Chad O'CarrollJune 26, 2024
News

Kim Jong Un greets Putin at Pyongyang airport, belatedly kicking off state visit

Russian leader touched down overnight, hours behind schedule, after extended stopover in Russian Far East

Anton SokolinAnton Sokolin | Chad O'CarrollJune 19, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

Putin’s looming visit to North Korea, inter-Korean border tensions and more

Chad O’Carroll discusses the importance of the Russian leader’s trip to Pyongyang and his meeting with Kim Jong Un

News

UN Security Council debates North Korean human rights, exposing fissures again

Experts bemoan worsening situation, as ROK spotlights issue during presidency despite Russian and Chinese opposition

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Ifang BremerJune 13, 2024
Interviews

Why it may take a crisis to unlock the US-North Korea nuclear stalemate

In interview, former US adviser Frank Aum outlines dangers of waiting to engage and need for ‘unconventional’ diplomacy

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollJune 5, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

North Korean trash balloons, Kim Yo Jong snark and Seoul’s loudspeaker threats

The NK News team discusses the DPRK’s waste barrage and how South Korea might retaliate

Interviews

At rock bottom: Moon Chung-in surveys the ruins of North Korea diplomacy

In interview, former presidential adviser raises alarm about risk of conflict, laments sidelining of peace advocates

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 31, 2024
News

UN Command says North Korean trash balloons breach armistice, international law

Military force condemns DPRK for sending ‘feces and contaminants’ over border, but doesn’t mention launches from ROK

Chad O'CarrollChad O'CarrollMay 30, 2024
North Korea News Podcast

What Russia has to gain by killing the UN panel on North Korea – Ep. 341

Christopher Green and NK News reporters discuss Moscow’s veto, Day of the Sun changes, Kim Jong Un’s new song and more

News

North Korea cancels visits by European delegations at last minute, sources say

Expert says cancellation of trips to check facilities suggests security officials don’t want return of Western presence

Chad O'CarrollChad O'Carroll | Joe SmithMay 3, 2024
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