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Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

http://www.rjkoehler.com/2008/04/01/crackdown-on-illegal-foreign-teacher-brokers/

Yu_Bum_suk · Joined: 25 Dec 2004

Could be an April Fool's gag.

newteacher · Joined: 31 May 2007

Netz · Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject:

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now we'll see if this actually happens, but it's about F'ing time no matter what.

Netz · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:53 pm Post subject:

meangradin · Joined: 10 Mar 2006

In Ulsan, the word on the street is that a Korean female recruiter and her boyfriend (Canadian and no degree) just got busted, but got off the hook by turning in other illegal workers (they turned in a few Russians). They had to pay a hefty fine, but he was allowed to stay in Korea. To make matters worse, he is still bringing his friends over from Canada (no degrees).

Netz · Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject:

Suwoner10 · Joined: 10 Dec 2007

Headline should be:

Teachers Get Heavily Fined & Deported, Recruiters Pay Cops a few Man Won

superdave · Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Location: over there ----->

so, now it's recruiters and teachers?

good thing hogwan owners are all honest, christian saints. Rolling Eyes

otherwise i'd be inclined to believe that hogwan owners are the ones creating the entire, cheating, lying, cheating, racketeering, mess.

*i know i said cheating twice, it's just that they do such an awful lot of it.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

I can't prove it, but I have a theory that this is now happening because of all of the government money involved in recruiting.

Also, the inside word is that all public school teaching job openings are "sold" through a "recruiter" who is nothing more than a relative of one of the people high-up in the Korean gov't. These relatives worked together to turn a tidy profit off of the government. If it's at all true, which it may or may not be, I wonder if this is having a negative effect on the number of positions which can be filled, and how quickly.

As was told to me, this person gets to make money off of selling recruiters the chance to place teachers (by taking half of the recruiting fee). This individual doesn't have control of all of the jobs, and may be pushing the police, using their gov't influence, to go after the competition so he can make more money.

This is all just a guess, but it really seems to make sense to me. It's a pretty tricky way for some gov't people to make money off of the process.

R. S. Refugee · Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Location: Shangra La, ROK

DongtanTony · Joined: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Bundang

Oh...I know I'm going to "catch it" for this comment...however...it's been in the back of my head for a while.

Haven't Canadian nationals who have taken advantage of their tourist status for years now...put us in the position we're in??

I don't want to generalize...even though I do hear South Park's "Blame Canada" somewhere in the distance...but imagine that...a Korean woman and a Canadian husband pulling this...I never would have guessed.

I realize there are plenty of Canadian nationals who have come here legally in the past...and continue to do so...however...there have been a fair share of Canadian citizens who have performed "retail teaching" in Korea.

I just thought it was about time somebody said it.

Let the rage ensue....

Netz · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject:

lastat06513 · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:53 pm Post subject:

mikeyboy122 · Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Location: namyang

No offense to Canada but the U.S. has waaayyyy more "Pull with the bull". We'll see what transpires.