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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpea89afe1pasted-link"><p data-start="109" data-end="118" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear All,</p><p data-start="120" data-end="343" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am pleased to share the publication of the <span data-start="165" data-end="184">English edition</span> of a book that I co-authored with Han Jin-myung, a former North Korean diplomat: <em data-start="255" data-end="342">I Was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang's Foreign Service</em>.</p><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;">The book is based on a series of in-depth conversations about the inner workings of North Korea\u2019s diplomatic system. Drawing on the firsthand experience of Han Jin-myung, who served in the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the North Korean embassy in Hanoi, it offers a rare insider perspective on the functioning of Pyongyang\u2019s diplomatic apparatus.</div><p data-start="783" data-end="996" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Moving beyond common clichés about North Korea, the book explores the daily realities of diplomatic life, the internal functioning of embassies, and the political and economic pressures placed on diplomats abroad.</p><p data-start="998" data-end="1094" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;">The English paperback edition is available on Amazon.com and through </span><span data-start="1050" data-end="1080">regional Amazon bookstores<font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;">: </font></span></div><div><span data-start="1050" data-end="1080"><font size="3" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJ4VH5R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJ4VH5R</a></div><div style="font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 16px;">Best regards,<br></div><p></p><p data-start="1096" data-end="1124" style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><div>Nicolas Levi</div><p></p></div></div></div><div id="ydp8c2e366ayahoo_quoted_3619361373" class="ydp8c2e366ayahoo_quoted"><div style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div id="ydp8c2e366ayiv4347650150"><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp8c2e366ayiv4347650150ydpdabd80a6yahoo-style-wrap"><div id="ydp8c2e366ayiv4347650150ydpdabd80a6yiv5076976834"><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydp8c2e366ayiv4347650150ydpdabd80a6yiv5076976834yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp8c2e366ayiv4347650150ydpa95f15f8pasted-link" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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