The U.N. General Assembly hall in New York City | Image: Patrick Gruban via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0), edited by NK News
Editor’s note: What If? is an NK News series featuring scenarios about North Korea’s future. Articles in this series draw on verified facts and rigorous analysis to explore hypothetical events in the years and decades ahead.
It’s March 2024 and a routine U.N. meeting in New York City is scheduled to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) on North Korea, the body charged with monitoring the implementation of the U.N. sanctions regime.
Editor’s note: What If? is an NK News series featuring scenarios about North Korea’s future. Articles in this series draw on verified facts and rigorous analysis to explore hypothetical events in the years and decades ahead.
It’s March 2024 and a routine U.N. meeting in New York City is scheduled to renew the mandate of the Panel of Experts (PoE) on North Korea, the body charged with monitoring the implementation of the U.N. sanctions regime.
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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.