"I was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang’s Foreign Service" by Han Jin-myung and Nicolas Levi: Book Review

Eyrin Kyriakidi

doi:10.22151/politikon.27.2.r1

"I was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang’s Foreign Service" by Han Jin-myung and Nicolas Levi

Book Review

Authors

Eyrin Kyriakidi University of Piraeus https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6626-4795

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.27.2.r1

Keywords:

North Korea, Authoritarian Resilience, Political Elites, Defector Testimony, Political Memories

Abstract

I was a North Korean Diplomat:
Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang’s Foreign Service

By HAN JIN-MYUNG AND NICOLAS LEVI

Independently published, 2026

186 pp., US$ 16.99 (Paperback)

ISBN-13: ‎ 979-8251587517

References

Han, Jin-myoung, and Nicolas Levi. 2026. I was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang’s Foreign Service. Independently published.

Kim, Hagyun, and Clare Hocking. 2020. “Readying for Reunification: North Korean Refugees' Aspiration as Citizens of South Korea.” Asian Politics & Policy 12 (2): 153-174. https://doi.org/10.1111/aspp.12517.

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Published

2026-07-27

How to Cite

Kyriakidi, Eyrin. 2026. “‘I Was a North Korean Diplomat: Inside the Secret World of Pyongyang’s Foreign Service’ by Han Jin-Myung and Nicolas Levi: Book Review”. Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science 27 (2). Online:58-60. https://doi.org/10.22151/politikon.27.2.r1.