Korea / James Hoare.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Culture smart!Distributor: London : Kuperard, [2012]Edition: [Rev. and updated edition]Description: 168 pages : illustrations, map ; 17 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781857336696
  • 1857336690
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 904 .H628 2012
Contents:
Land and people -- Values and attitudes -- Beliefs, customs and taboos -- The Koreans at home -- Food and drink -- Time out -- Traveling -- Business briefing -- Communicating.
Summary: JAMES HOARE spent over thirty years in the British Diplomatic Service, with postings to Seoul and Beijing. His last job was Charg�e D'Affaires in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he established the British Embassy. Since retirement, he has become a regular radio and television commentator on Korea, and he also teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He has written numerous books and articles about East Asia, including Embassies in the East: The Story of the British and Their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present (1952), and, with his wife, Susan Pares, North Korea in the 21st Century: An Interpretative Guide (2005).
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"The essential guide to customs & culture"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 165) and index.

Land and people -- Values and attitudes -- Beliefs, customs and taboos -- The Koreans at home -- Food and drink -- Time out -- Traveling -- Business briefing -- Communicating.

JAMES HOARE spent over thirty years in the British Diplomatic Service, with postings to Seoul and Beijing. His last job was Charg�e D'Affaires in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he established the British Embassy. Since retirement, he has become a regular radio and television commentator on Korea, and he also teaches at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. He has written numerous books and articles about East Asia, including Embassies in the East: The Story of the British and Their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present (1952), and, with his wife, Susan Pares, North Korea in the 21st Century: An Interpretative Guide (2005).

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