James Hoare
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James E. Hoare (1948- ) is a British academic specializing in Chinese and Korean studies, and a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office.
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[edit] Academia
Hoare is a graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He has long been a member of the Anglo-Korean Society, the Korean Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Royal Society for Asian Affaires.[1]
In 2006, Dr. Hoare was President of the British Association of Korean Studies (BAKS).[2]
[edit] Foreign Service
After Britain and North Korea re-established diplomatic relations in 2000, Hoare was appointed British Chargé d'affaires in Pyonyang; and his work laid the foundation for the establishment of a full embassy in the North Korean capital.[3]
Previously, Hoare had been head of the Foreign Office's North Asia and Pacific Research Group. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1969 and was stationed in Seoul in 1981-1984 and in Beijing in 1988-1991.[3]
[edit] Selected work
[edit] Books
- 2007 - Korea: The Past and Present with Susan Pares. London: Global Oriental. 10-ISBN 1-901-90354-0; 13-ISBN 978-1-901-90354-6 (cloth)
- 1999 -- Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 1-873-41089-1; 13-ISBN 978-1-873-41089-9 (cloth)
- 1999 - Embassies in the East: The Story of the British and their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present. London: Curzon. 10-ISBN 0-700-70512-0
- 1994 - Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign Settlements: The Uninvited Guests 1858-1899. London: Curzon. ISBN 1-873-41026-3
- 1994 - Nish, Ian and James E. Hoare, eds. Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. II. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 1-873-41062-X
[edit] Periodicals
- 1994 - "Building Politics: the British Embassy Peking, 1949-1992," in The Pacific Review,' Vol. 7.
[edit] References
- ^ Nahm, Andrew C. et al. (2004) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, 2nd ed., p. x.
- ^ BAKS: Council
- ^ a b Kyodo News International, "Britain appoints James Hoare as N. Korea charge," BNET. February 5, 2001.
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