Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Swiss James]

Yeah it does sound like she was stretching her student visa a bit, finished her pHD two years ago, but publishing the thesis in a month- that's one hell of a queue at Kinko's.

I suppose one explanation is that she was deliberately dragging her feet on publishing the thesis so she could stay here, and immigration found out about it.

[Real Reality]

post-doctoral:
Of, relating to, or engaged in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=post-doctoral

Minimum qualifications: native- or near-native-speaker fluency in both Modern Standard Chinese and English; a Ph.D. in Chinese studies in the humanities and social sciences; evidence of research in Chinese studies beyond the Ph.D.; and experience of teaching Modern Standard Chinese and Chinese Studies to tertiary students outside China.
www.anu.edu.au/asianstudies/ chinakoreacen/csaa/ANU_job.pdf

[Yangkho]

[Mashimaro]

Koreans make it so damn difficult for people to learn korean. Whilst the best university's korean language courses are very fairly priced, the fact you must dedicate 3 months to them whilst not legally being able to work (unless you are already working full time on a work visa) is ridiculous.
It sounds like it's a hundred times worse for chinese or other non westerners, but even for me there are way too many barriers to learning korean. I know many japanese students who have worked hard for years in japan, are in love with korea, and come here for a year to study the language and spend their money (only for it to be illegal to make some extra cash teaching privates or whatever) it's a (bad) joke