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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dear friends and colleagues,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>This week's <EM>Times Literary Supplement</EM>, out today
(Thurs 3 March),</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>carries a substantial - almost 3,000 words - </FONT><FONT
size=4>review by me of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>nine recent books on North Korea, both scholarly and
popular.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I hope this is of interest, though written for
non-specialists.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I've sought to convey a sense of the variety and
</FONT><FONT size=4>vibrancy of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>DPRK studies, and some of the issues and debates
therein.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>(The timing, needless to add, is complete
coincidence.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>This piece had been in the works for many
months.)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The <EM>TLS </EM>is mostly paywalled, but I'm happy to say
that </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>this </FONT><FONT size=4>article is freely available to read
online at </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><A
href="http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1674045.ece"
target=_blank>http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/public/article1674045.ece</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>With belated Samil greetings to one and all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Aidan FC</FONT></DIV>
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