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[GoldMember]

Do your bit for Korea and work for free! Yes you too can enjoy the benefits of working in Korea for free!.

First there is this:

O'ngo Food Communications (www.ongofood.com), a culinary education and consulting company, is searching for smart, ambitious interns to help with several projects we are currently working on. Ideal candidate should be punctual, able to meet deadlines, have good knowledge of Korean food and culture, and have strong research and writing abilities. Projects we have worked on include: Seoul Gourmet 2010, The Korean Food Dictionary (For the Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry), and the Korean Culinary Tourism. If you are ambitious and looking for an exciting opportunity in the field of food and tourism, contact us.

* Location: Seoul, Korea
* Compensation: After a 2 month trial period, compensation will be discussed.
* This is an internship job

AND

Do you want to see and test the latest products manufactured by Korean small and medium companies? Korea SBC (Small & medium Business Corporation) is hosting a product testing event for foreign nationals living in Korea. We are sure that this can become one of most memorable events while you are staying in Korea. Don�t miss this great opportunity. It is easy to participate in this event. Just join Facebook and add Sbc Hit as friend.


Who: Foreign nationals currently living in Korea

When: November 28~December 24 (4 weeks)

What: Opportunity to test and experience new and great products from Korean small and medium companies

This is called MARKET RESEARCH. Something people are paid to do!

[Illysook]

We can't legally work for these people and they probably can't advertise any perks they may be handing out. My guess is that you may get some free meals and/or free product. Someone who desparately wanted a job other than teaching might want to give this kind of thing a try.

[Fox]

Internship is an abusive practice that's hardly unique to Korea. I remember reading an article in Reason magazine by John Stossel in which he insists that -- despite interns providing him valuable services which he claimed were necessary for his job -- there simply wasn't any money to pay them. The sheer ludicrous nature of a guy whose income is ridiculously higher than the national average saying there isn't enough money to pay interns a basic salary is hard to come to terms with.

In short, I don't see why this is worth mocking Korea over. Perhaps it's worth mocking abusive capitalist economics over, but that's not really the point you were making.