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.
Replacing the UN Panel of Experts will require consensus on the strategic purpose of the DPRK sanctions regime
Diplomats debate alternatives to Panel of Experts at UN, as Russia says it will propose extension with conditions
Last-minute deal to save Panel of Experts looks unlikely, and former members say any replacement would lack UN authority
Panel of Experts set to dissolve later this year unless 11th-hour compromise can be reached
Russia is expected to veto the extension of Panel of Experts’ mandate in New York, sources tell NK News
Lack of ‘consensus’ behind decision as Russia threatens to veto unless sanctions regime loosened, sources says
Information provided to Panel of Experts suggests DPRK laborers generate $500M per year in violation of UN sanctions
Russia could refuse to extend Panel of Experts’ mandate if proposals to curtail its work aren’t accepted, sources say
NK Pro analysis suggests DPRK usually waits until after exercises to launch missiles — unless major US assets involved
ROK artillery coordinate with US drones to simulate attack on DPRK forces on last day of Freedom Shield
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