J E Hoare

J.E.Hoare is a former member of the Research and Analysis Cadre of the British Diplomatic Service. He served in Seoul (1981-85), Beijing (1988-91) and finally as Charge d'Affaires and Consul General in Pyongyang (2001-2). He is a former Research Associate of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and is currently Research Associate at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published extensively on both Korea and Japan, including Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign...See more

J.E.Hoare is a former member of the Research and Analysis Cadre of the British Diplomatic Service. He served in Seoul (1981-85), Beijing (1988-91) and finally as Charge d'Affaires and Consul General in Pyongyang (2001-2). He is a former Research Associate of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and is currently Research Associate at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. He has published extensively on both Korea and Japan, including Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign Settlements: The Uninvited Guests (1994), Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol.III (Ed.1999) and with his wife Susan Pares, A Political and Economic Dictionary of East Asia (2005) and North Korea in the 21st Century (2005). See less