<div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear
Korean Studies list members,<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">please
allow me to introduce North Korean Review and its book review service to you.
The purpose of NKR is to provide readers with an improved understanding of the
country\u2019s complexities and the threat it presents to global stability.
International and interdisciplinary, NKR is a refereed journal published twice
a year. Topics include culture, history, economics, business, religion,
politics, and international relations, among others.</span><o:p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">These
Books are available for review:</span><o:p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hardcover:
</span><o:p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Jieun
Baek. (2026): Privileged but Powerless: How North Korean Grievances Reveal the
Regime's Greatest Weakness. Yale University Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Bruce
E. Bechtol Jr., Anthony N. Celso. (2025): "Rogue Allies: The Strategic
Partnership between Iran and North Korea". University Press of Kentucky.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Bermudez,
Joseph S., Jr., et al. North Korea's Sea-Based WMD Capability: The Second Leg
of the Nuclear Triad. CSIS Reports, 2025. Bloomsbury<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Brazinsky,
G. A. (2026). Cold War comrades: An emotional history of the Sino-North Korean
alliance. Cambridge University Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Ralph
Cossa. (ED). (2024): "Trilateral Korea-Japan-U.S. Cooperation: Dealing
with North Korea-China Challenges". KCPAC<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Fields,
David P., and Mitchell B. Lerner, eds. (2024): "Divided America, Divided
Korea: The US and Korea during and after the Trump Years". Cambridge
University Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Seungahn
Nah et al. (2025): "Locating North Korea in Communication Research".
Routledge.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Park,
Hwee-Rhak. (2025): "Nuclear North Korea: Armed, Desperate and Unpredictable".
University of Exeter Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Tycho
van der Hoog. (2025): "Comrades Beyond the Cold War - North Korea and the
Liberation of Southern Africa". C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">E-Book: <o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A.B.
Abrams. (2025): "Surviving the Unipolar Era: North Korea's 35 Years
Standoff with the United States". Clarity Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Virginie
Grzelczyk. (2024): "North Korea's New Diplomacy \u2013 Challenging Political
Isolation in the Twenty-First Century". Palgrave Macmillan.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Suk-Young
Kim. (2024): "Millennial North Korea: Forbidden Media and Living
Creatively with Surveillance". Stanford University Press.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Casey
Lartigue Jr., Eunkoo Lee. (2024): "Escape from North Korea, New Beginnings
in South Korea: 20 North Korean Refugees Reflect on the Hanawon Resettlement
Center". FSI Publishing<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Tertitskiy,
F. (2025). Accidental tyrant: The life of Kim Il-sung. Hurst Publishers.<o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If
you are interested, please send a short mail <o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><b>Prof. Dr. Bernhard
Seliger<o:p> </o:p></b></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Book Review Editor<o:p> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">North Korean Review<o:p> </o:p></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif"><span lang="DE" style="mso-ansi-language:DE">E-Mail: Bernhard.seliger@pm.me<o:p> </o:p></span></p><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div>
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