<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydp9622bb62pasted-link"><div class="ydp9622bb62xdj266r ydp9622bb62x14z9mp ydp9622bb62xat24cr ydp9622bb62x1lziwak ydp9622bb62x1vvkbs ydp9622bb62x126k92a" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div class="ydpdb3d0f76pasted-link"><p style="font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dear All,</p><p style="font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I am pleased to share the publication of the English edition of a book that I co-authored with Han Jin-myung, a former North Korean diplomat: <em>I Was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang's Foreign Service</em>.</p><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; 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 style="font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; 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 dir="ltr" style="font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><div style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The English paperback edition is available on Amazon.com and through </span>regional Amazon bookstores<font size="3">: </font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJ4VH5R" style="color: rgb(125, 46, 255);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSJ4VH5R</a></div><div style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Best regards,<br></div><p style="color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;"></p><p style="font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></p><div style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(29, 29, 29); font-family: garamond, "new york", times, serif; font-size: 16px;">Nicolas Levi</div></div></div></div><div class="ydp9622bb62x14z9mp ydp9622bb62xat24cr ydp9622bb62x1lziwak ydp9622bb62x1vvkbs ydp9622bb62xtlvy1s ydp9622bb62x126k92a" style="margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px;"><div style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="ydp9622bb62html-span ydp9622bb62xdj266r ydp9622bb62x14z9mp ydp9622bb62xat24cr ydp9622bb62x1lziwak ydp9622bb62xexx8yu ydp9622bb62xyri2b ydp9622bb62x18d9i69 ydp9622bb62x1c1uobl ydp9622bb62x1hl2dhg ydp9622bb62x16tdsg8 ydp9622bb62x1vvkbs" style="text-align: inherit; padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; font-family: inherit;"></span></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>