Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Circus Monkey]

Okay folks. Post some useful websites that you think will answer the majority of questions related to labour and working conditions. If I see a good response, I'll also sticky this in the job forum.


http://efl-law.com/

http://www.siu.edu/offices/lawlib/koreanlaw/

http://www.nts.go.kr/New_english/index.htm

http://www.moj.go.kr/mojeng/index.php

CM

[kimcheeking]

http://english.metro.seoul.kr/

There is a link here to an interactive map that has been very useful to me.

[NickRandom]

May I be so bold as to suggest my own....? It's scope is a little more broad than just labour laws in Korea, but there are links to such websites.

www.angelfire.com/bc3/talik

Sure, why not? - CM

[Lost Seoul]

English version Ministry of Labor: http://www.molab.go.kr/English
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regional offices Ministry of Labor: http://www.molab.go.kr/English/abou/sub_3_2.jsp
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Foreign Immigration Bureau English version: http://www.moj.go.kr/mojeng/index.php
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International Taxation Division of the Korean Tax Office English version:
http://www.nts.go.kr/New_english/index.htm
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Filmed by a teacher during their 9 month stay:
http://www.driftreality.com/Jiyan/Miguk/Miguk.htm
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Blacklist Sites -
Here are some sites that have blacklists of hagwons and recruiters

Korea Black List:
http://koreablacklist.tripod.com
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Wonderland -

Prisoner of Wonderland:
http://www.geocities.com/prisonerofwonderland

Not Another Wonderland Webpage:

http://www.angelfire.com/journal2/naww/
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SLP: A year in hell:

http://www.geocities.com/slphell
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The Black List:
http://members.tripod.com/~taegu/blacklist.html
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The Graylist Database:
http://www.geocities.com/koreagraylist/Database.html
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Jon's Blacklist:
http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/intro_warning.html
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English School Watch:
http://englishschoolwatch.org/fc_employer.php?person=employer
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Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea
http://www.bootsnall.com/cgi-bin/gt/travelogues/korea/index.shtml
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English Spectrum Blackbook:
http://www.englishspectrum.com/form2.php3?table=news_blackbook
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Bryan Kang:
http://burnedbykang.tripod.com
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykangpreview
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang2
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Learning Korean -
Here are some sites that may assist you in learning the Korean language.

An Introduction to Korean
http://catcode.com/kintro/index.htm
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Survival Korean
http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~pixeline/heeyun/hangul.html
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Talking to Koreans
http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/korean/centre/course/index.html
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Korea One Web Ring
http://catcode.com/kintro/k1ring.htm
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Korea Online - Korean Grammar
http://www.sigmainstitute.com/koreanonline/grammar_intro.shtml
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KBS - Let's Learn Korean
http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm
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A good selection of university courses/online courses
http://www.1stopkorea.com
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National Tax Service, Republic of Korea -
http://www.nts.go.kr/menu/index.asp?sub=menu5&svc=5_6&sub_menu=menu1&svc_id=743

Some hagwon owners tend to charge you too high a tax rate and pocket the difference. To find out if you are paying too much go to the Korean taxservice's web site. Foreign teachers pay the same taxes as Koreans. NOTE: You may be eligible to pay other taxes as well, if you are unsure contact your embassy.


http://www.nts.go.kr/menu/index.asp?sub=menu5&svc=5_6&sub_menu=menu1&svc_id=743

It is all in Korean so here is a guide of what to do.

There are 3 boxes. The top box is how much money you make (in chung won), so 2.7 million is 2700 in the box. Same as 1.8 million=1800

The box below asks how many people are in the family.

Then click the box to the right of the bottom box and it tells you exactly how much tax you should pay.
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US Embassy:
http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwh3550.html
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Australian Embassy

http://www.australia.or.kr
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Canadian Embassy

http://www.korea.gc.ca/
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British Embassy

http://www.britain.or.kr/home/index.html?cid=1&lang=e&mid=&mode=
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Copy of the Labor Standards Act

http://www.molab.go.kr/English/law/sub_1.jsp
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This website (the first of its kind) is operated by Hanul Professional Law Corp., a law firm in Seoul, Korea and attempts to explain those aspects of Korean laws that are relevant to non-Koreans or non-Korean businesses planning or doing business in Korea.

http://www.korealaw.com/
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Lesson Plans:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/
http://iteslj.org/
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Lost and Found-

http://english.lost114.com/

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White List of hagwons-

http://www.geocities.com/teflgroup/koreawhitelist.html

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Incheon Airport-

Has information about arrivals and departures, transport to and from the airport (etc)

http://www.airport.or.kr/Eng/home.jsp

For shuttle bus timetable go to

http://www.airport.or.kr/Eng/transportation/bus.jsp

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Gimpo Airport-

http://www.airport.co.kr/eng/dba/airport/gimpo/
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Reports on hagwons and recruiters both positive and negative (etc)

http://www.hagwonreport.com/
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Ferry information for Busan, Sokcho, Incheon and Pyeongtaek:

http://english.tour2korea.com/coming/getting/bysea.asp

[Circus Monkey]

Volunteer Lawyers (02) 522-9100 ..521-0030 (fax) 597-2929 Seoul Bar Association

Association Foreign Worker's Law Office: Tel: 02-3476-8080 (extension 5) Near Socho Station (Green line, #2) Exit 7 http://www.seoulbar.or.kr Mondays and Thursdays only

[jamesH]

Circus Monkey has hit the nail on the head; the problem I found with some of the sites were they didn't respond to questions, or when they did they didn't answer the question. And some are just baloney. I did get a lengthy answer from the
http://www.efl-law.com
site which cleared up my messy situation over the three emails we exchanged - answered same day to my surprise... the answer to Korean problems came straight away, but Japan and China questions took a couple of days (that is if you are thinking of going there and have up front questions.) The problem with these sites is that unless someone posts them here like Circus Monkey, they slip from mind or get lost in a mine field of bookmarks.

[Circus Monkey]

Non-residency for Canadians (NR73 form).

http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/nr73/README.html

CM

[jajdude]

www.sitesforteachers.com

[igotthisguitar]

Filmed by a teacher during their 9 month stay:
http://www.driftreality.com/Jiyan/Miguk/Miguk.htm

BE CAREFUL PEOPLE ... THESE VIDEO FILES CONTAIN A TROJAN VIRUS !!!

[BTM]

I've scanned these files with three different antivirus products, and all have come up negative.

Care to elaborate? There's only one exploit using .wmv files that I'm aware of (http://www.bitdefender.com/virusi/virusi_descrieri.php?virus_id=95), these files do not contain it.

[igotthisguitar]

>. Simply, my virus program picked off a TROJAN embedded in that travel documentary's video files. ALL OF THEM

It's of course entirely unclear whether the site manager was aware of this state of affairs or not. My advice, however, if anyone has any current interest in viewing the files : proceed @ your peril

[BTM]

I'd suggest that that's a false positive, but I could be wrong. YMMV, as they say.

[Ody]

http://www.planetesme.com/teacherfeature.html

this is a link to a page of childen's teachers links.

[PatrickSiheung]

Thread I made in the Q and A and General sections about the various Labour and Immigration Offices in Korea...


http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/korea/viewtopic.php?t=6017

[Loyal]

Guess I`ll be cheeky and suggest my own site!


http://www.eslsource.com/eslsource/agent.cfm - Interactive database of agents.

http://www.eslsource.com/eslsource/School.cfm - Interactive database of schools.

http://www.eslsource.com/eslsource/university.cfm - Interactive database of universities.

http://www.eslsource.com/eslsource/country_view.cfm/con_id/7A - Lists all the articles and links about Korea on the site.

Hope its of use.