James Hoare

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 Affairs.

In 2006, Hoare was President of the British Association of Korean Studies (BAKS).

Foreign service

After Britain and North Korea re-established diplomatic relations in 2000, Hoare was appointed British Chargé d'affaires in Pyongyang; and his work laid the foundation for the establishment of a full embassy in the North Korean capital.

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.

Hoare was awarded an OBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for "services to UK interests in the Korean Peninsula".

Selected work

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about James Hoare, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 30+ works in 60+ publications in 3 languages and 4,000+ library holdings. ;Books

• 2018 - Culture, Power and Politics in Treaty-Port Japan 1854-1899 (cloth)
• 2015 - Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea
• 2013 - Critical Readings on North and South Korea (cloth)
• 2012 - Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea
• 2005 - A Political and Economic Dictionary of East Asia
• 2007 - Korea: The Past and Present with Susan Pares. London: Global Oriental. (cloth)
• 1999 - Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III. London: RoutledgeCurzon. (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.
• 1999 -- Korea: a Historical and Cultural Dictionary with Richard Rutt. London: Routledge.
• 1994 - Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign Settlements: The Uninvited Guests 1858-1899. London: Curzon.
• 1994 - Nish, Ian and James E. Hoare, eds. Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. II. London: RoutledgeCurzon.
• 1988 - James Hoare & Susan Pares. Korea: An Introduction. Keegan Paul International. https://books.google.com/books/about/Korea.html?id=_zoOAAAAQAAJ.

;Periodicals

• 1994 - "Building Politics: the British Embassy Peking, 1949-1992," in The Pacific Review, Vol. 7.

Notes

References

1. Nahm, Andrew C. ''et al.'' (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=hyukt3Lp7i8C&dq=je+hoare&pg=PR10 ''Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea,'' 2nd ed., p. x.]
2. BAKS: [http://www.baks.org.uk/Council.html Council] {{webarchive. link. (2008-09-22)
3. Kyodo News International, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WDQ/is_2001_Feb_5/ai_70506557 "Britain appoints James Hoare as N. Korea charge,"] BNET. February 5, 2001.
4. James E. Hoare. (11 December 2020). "Twenty Years a-Stagnating—The Lost Opportunity of Britain's Relationship With the DPRK". The Henry L. Stimson Center.
5. "New Year Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire".
6. [http://www.oclc.org/research/activities/identities/default.htm WorldCat Identities] {{webarchive. link. (2010-12-30 : [http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88-3438 Hoare, James])