Korean Job Discussion Forums

[anunie]

Im going to be teaching there for a year and I was wondering if anyone could share their experiences of living in Uljin, I have seen some other posts about but they are very dated and the town may have changed in the last 5+ years.

[Rutherford]

Lots of ocean, lots of mountains. Didn't see much else. People are a little rough. There is a sailing center in Hupo if you want a hobby.

[Yaya]

Nuclear reactors are in that area.

[mayorgc]

I posted this before:

I applied to random recruiters and one offered me a job in Uljin.

Not knowing anything about Korea, I verbally agreed to take it.

She said that Seoul was only 2 hours away and she said that Seoul area schools only hire white people (I'm Asian).

Before sending my documents, I contacted another random recruiter and she told me she could get me into a school in the Seoul Area.

She offered me a job in Anyang. I took it. I dodged the Uljin bullet.

My Anyang school one day actually took a trip to Uljin. I swear the bus ride was 6 hours or longer. And when I got to Uljin, It was a sleepy, coastal type of village/town. It had a 24 hour family mart.

There really wasn't much going on there (2009).

[jvalmer]

Most Koreans probably would dread being forced to work in Uljin, or other remote, rural, areas. Take that as an indication of how you might feel after a few months.

[Fallacy]

There is an ongoing rivalry between the coastal fishing ports of Uljin and Yeongdeok over who has rights to claim the best/origin of the crab market. Surely wading into that debate has to be worth at least 1 year spent there. Maybe as an outsider you could even come to a conclusive decision over the matter and help to solve it for everyone involved. Go for it, and be sure to come back here to report on events for our collective enlightenment, entertainment, and amusement. Good luck.

[kranjskaklobasa]

I was there 2007-2008. Clarify whether it is Uljin, Jukbyeon, or Bugu... Or elsewhere.

Things can only have gotten better there, I suppose, but you want to be in Uljin proper. That is the location of the proper high school. Jukbyeon has the vocational one, where I worked once upon a time.

[Yaya]