Korean Job Discussion Forums

[asadbu]

I am completing my EPIK application and need advice choosing my preferred POE/MOE as I have never been to Korea. I know my preference is not a guarantee.

I wish to accomplish the following:

-Learn Korean, preferably the standard dialect

-Save money

-Travel within Korea

*I do not care for proximity to anything Western. I'd rather learn about Korea.

[6tall]

If you're really counting won, the pay per month is 100,000w higher for rural placements -- assuming you meet the basic qualification level, the chart defines pay as 2.2mil for all POEs except Jeju. From everything I've read here, that may not be a tradeoff you want to make (I am a potential applicant also).

If you don't get any particularly useful responses (and even if you do), I suggest you search the forums using Google, not the site search, for particular provinces or cities. A lot of conflicting information, but may shed some light on things for you as it has for me.

[ttompatz]

[Weigookin74]

[Ranman]

Chungnam isn't bad. You're still technically rural in most places and you're within 2 hours of Seoul or Daejeon in most places. Considering bus tickets are no more than 11,000 or 12,000 Won to each, you won't be shelling out too much money when you do want to go to a major city.

[Weigookin74]