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jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

Yo! Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Kudos on inventiveness and Ballz as big a house.

Good on ya.

Jade

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Call 02 2250-5810
Ministry of Labor

As long as you worked one year, and you are legal with a visa, by law, this institution is required to pay.

If your school chooses not to, the Min. of Labor boys come down and fine the crap out of them.

Go to the Ministry of Labor and explain your situation.
For a list of regional offices go to:
http://www.molab.go.kr/English/abou/sub_3_2.jsp

If they are unable/unwilling to help these bodies may be able to give you some guidance.

Archdiocese of Seoul Foreign Workers' Labor Counselling Office: Tel: 02-779-2049 Tel: 02-319-9650 Fax: 02-773-2627 3F, Jeo-Dong, 1 Ga 27-2, Jung-Gu, Seoul 100-031 http://www.scalabrini.org/~smc/dirkor.htm Sunday - Friday 1pm - 6pm Seoul Bar
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
EMMAUS Migrant Worker's Counselling Office 100 Hwaso-Dong, Changan Gu, Suwon City Tel: 031-257-8501 Tel: 031-257-8535 [email protected]
Foreign Worker's Legal Clinic: Tel: 02-508-1745 Fax: 02-565-2839 Monday-Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-1pm
Foreign Workers Council: 02-928-2049 or 02-924-2706
The Yongsan Police Station in Seoul, near Namyong Station (line 1) has an office specifically to assist foreigners with work related matters.
Ministry of Labor: 02-500-5543 or 02-500-5544
Labor Standards Division: 02-503-9742 International Labor Policy Division: 02-504-7338 (Any questions, not enforcement can be handled in English) http://www.molab.go.kr English version: http://www.molab.go.kr/English Ministry of Justice: 02-720-2424
Foreign Immigration Bureau: 02-503-7096 or 02-503-7097 http://www.moj.go.kr English version: http://www.moj.go.kr/mojeng/index.php
International Taxation Division of the Korean Tax Office: 02-720-4793 or 02-720-4222 http://www.nts.go.kr English version: http://www.nts.go.kr/4/E-4-D-!-19990213001_O001.htm Kim Yong Gyung (3971-598) - helpful, friendly, speaks English
Seoul Immigration: 02-650-6226 Residence Control Section: 02-502-5726, 02-503-7101, 02-503-7907 Entry Section: 02-503-7098 Mr. Jung - speaks English
Kangnam Labor Board: 02-598-2765
Telephone Directory Assistance in English: 080-211-0114

Gord · Joined: 25 Feb 2003

rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

excellent result there, donkey. I'll bear your methods in mind. But I'd only use themm in a very similar position, if my contract was over and I had nothing to lose. For lesser hassles, threatening to quit seems to bring good results.

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

Circus Monkey · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: In my coconut tree

Gord,

Consider this; it reflects badly on the Korean legal and labour system if a foreigner has to resort to bluffing and intimidation to get money which is his in the first place!

CM

The Donkey · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: How I Got My Money!

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

Gord · Joined: 25 Feb 2003

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2003 11:59 pm Post subject:

You're reachin', Gord. Reachin', reachin' for the stars.

BTM · Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Location: Back in the saddle.

Peoples is funny, isn't they?

And, fwiw : leaning over someone with fists clenched and face red, bellowing 'I'm going to fsking KILL YOU!' is a threat. (Not that I've ever done such a thing, of course.)

"Mafia chingoo, come get money," is not, in any sense that counts, you big girl's blouse, you.

I might not have handled it the same way that the Donkey did, but kudos to the large-testicled creature nonetheless for taking no sh*t.

The Donkey · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 12:25 am Post subject:

If you think the director was really out of the country you are a fool. It was another delay tactic. What would you have done in my situation Gord? Take another month out of you life and continue to ask for the money he owed you? Or taken it up with the Labor Dept? A year later maybe you will see your cash.

Do things your way and I'll do them mine.

And whats up with this rasict statment? If I ran a hagwon and the parents didnt pay on time their kid wouldnt be in a class.

And yes I do have balls the size of a house. Why you ask. Because I didnt back down to the 6 faced Korean. I took what was mine. If Monday came and went without my money (which was owed to me on March 15th) I would gotten in contact with a mafia guy I know (I plan ahead, so it wasnt just bluffing) He could have done whatever he wanted to get my money. Its funny how the director has the cash to go to China for two weeks but cant pay for my airfare home.

If this happened in the States I would have went in there sooner than I did here and threaten, break and press upon them the urgency to pay their debt to me. Without a problem. And it wouldnt have been the first time.

Gord, glad to see you are the type of person who will bend over at someone's urging. I dont happen to be that type of person. You try bending me over and I am gonna swing for your head.

*edited by Lemon 5:40pm*

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

To the Donkey.

I think you're just lucky that the owner wasn't friends with REAL mafia. Some of these schools have been known to have ties with mafia-like characters.

So you know a mafia guy in Korea? How long, and how did you meet him? Did he just tell you? How did you find out?

My BS detector is going off here...

The Donkey · Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2003 6:11 am Post subject:

Met the guy last August in Hannam Dong. Saw my tats and stuck up a converstaion over our tattoos. (mostly hand signals) Took me out to eat and got drunk with him. Came out with me and my friends a couple of times. I hear from him everyonce in awhile.

Whats BS about that?

TheUrbanMyth · Joined: 28 Jan 2003 Location: Retired

I've just never heard of any REAL mafia guy openly telling someone he's met a couple of times, that he's in the mafia. Most people who are actually in a criminal organization don't go around openly boasting of it. Those that do, generally don't last that long. There are plenty of wanna-be's though, that get their kicks from telling credulous foreigners that they are mafia. How do you know (for a fact) that he is actually in the mafia and not just "pulling your leg."? I'm sorry, but I just can't imagine someone who is in the mafia just telling any stranger tattoos or no tattoos that he's involved in a criminal gang. People who are, tend to be very closed-mouth about that. And there are good reasons for it.
The people who talk about it, are the wanna-be's who want people to think that they are tough. Anyone can claim they are in a gang. Tattoos and tough talk don't mean anything.