James Hoare

For the member of the Christian Brothers, see James Aloysius Hoare.

James Edward Hoare OBE (born 1943) is a British academic and historian specialising in Korean and Chinese studies, and a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office.

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. ^[1]

In 2006, Hoare was President of the British Association of Korean Studies (BAKS). ^[2]

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. ^{[3] [4]}

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]

Hoare was awarded an OBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for "services to UK interests in the Korean Peninsula". ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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Books

• 2018 - Culture, Power and Politics in Treaty-Port Japan 1854-1899 ISBN   978-1-898823-61-2 (cloth)
• 2015 - Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea ISBN   978-0810849495
• 2013 - Critical Readings on North and South Korea ISBN   978-9004208766 (cloth)
• 2012 - Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea ISBN   978-0810861510
• 2005 - A Political and Economic Dictionary of East Asia ISBN   978-1857432589
• 2007 - Korea: The Past and Present with Susan Pares. London: Global Oriental. ISBN   978-1-901903-54-6 (cloth)
• 1999 - Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN   978-1-873410-89-9 (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. ISBN   0-7007-0512-0
• 1999 -- Korea: a Historical and Cultural Dictionary with Richard Rutt. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-7007-0464-4
• 1994 - Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign Settlements: The Uninvited Guests 1858-1899. London: Curzon. ISBN   1-873410-26-3
• 1994 - Nish, Ian and James E. Hoare, eds. Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. II. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN   1-873410-62-X
• 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.

See also

• Biography portal
• United Kingdom portal

• List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to North Korea
• Global Oriental

Notes

1. Nahm, Andrew C. et al. (2004) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, 2nd ed., p. x.
2. BAKS: Council Archived 2008-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
3. Kyodo News International, "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". 38 North . The Henry L. Stimson Center. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
5. "New Year Honours 2025 Overseas and International List: Order of the British Empire". GOV.UK. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
6. WorldCat Identities Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine : Hoare, James