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

Just a revamp of the original post. Contributors so far have been: Lost Seoul (with a massive amount of links), NickRandom, James H, kimcheeking, and myself. I kind of screwed up the formatting (sorry Lost Seoul) but the information is there. If I made an error, let me know.

http://efl-law.com/
http://www.siu.edu/offices/lawlib/koreanlaw/
http://www.nts.go.kr/New_english/index.htm
http://www.moj.go.kr/mojeng/index.php

http://english.metro.seoul.kr/

www.angelfire.com/bc3/talik

English version Ministry of Labor: http://www.molab.go.kr/English
regional offices Ministry of Labor: http://www.molab.go.kr/English/abou/sub_3_2.jsp
Foreign Immigration Bureau English version: http://www.moj.go.kr/mojeng/index.php
International Taxation Division of the Korean Tax Office English version: http://www.nts.go.kr/New_english/index.htm ==========================
Filmed by a teacher during their 9 month stay: http://www.driftreality.com/Jiyan/Miguk/Miguk.htm
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Blacklist Sites - Here are some sites that have blacklists of hagwons and recruiters Korea Black List: http://koreablacklist.tripod.com
Prisoner of Wonderland: http://www.geocities.com/prisonerofwonderland
SLP: A year in hell: http://www.geocities.com/slphell
The Black List: http://members.tripod.com/~taegu/blacklist.html
The Graylist Database: http://www.geocities.com/koreagraylist/Database.html
Jon's Blacklist: http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~jonb/intro_warning.html
English School Watch: http://englishschoolwatch.org/fc_employer.php?person=employer
Seoul Man: 12 Months in Korea http://www.bootsnall.com/cgi-bin/gt/travelogues/korea/index.shtml
English Spectrum Blackbook: http://www.englishspectrum.com/form2.php3?table=news_blackbook
Bryan Kang:
http://burnedbykang.tripod.com
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykangpreview
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang
www.webspawner.com/users/burnedbykang2
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Learning Korean - Here are some sites that may assist you in learning the Korean language. An Introduction to Korean http://catcode.com/kintro/index.htm
Survival Korean http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~pixeline/heeyun/hangul.html
Talking to Koreans http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/korean/centre/course/index.html
Korea One Web Ring http://catcode.com/kintro/k1ring.htm
Korea Online - Korean Grammar http://www.sigmainstitute.com/koreanonline/grammar_intro.shtml
KBS - Let's Learn Korean http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm
A good selection of university courses/online courses http://www.1stopkorea.com
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National Tax Service, Republic of Korea -

http://www.nts.go.kr/menu/index.asp?sub=menu5&svc=5_6&sub_menu=menu1&svc_id=743
Some hagwon owners tend to charge you too high a tax rate and pocket the difference. To find out if you are paying too much go to the Korean taxservice's web site. Foreign teachers pay the same taxes as Koreans. NOTE: You may be eligible to pay other taxes as well, if you are unsure contact your embassy.

http://www.nts.go.kr/menu/index.asp?sub=menu5&svc=5_6&sub_menu=menu1&svc_id=743

It is all in Korean so here is a guide of what to do. There are 3 boxes. The top box is how much money you make (in chung won), so 2.7 million is 2700 in the box. Same as 1.8 million=1800 The box below asks how many people are in the family. Then click the box to the right of the bottom box and it tells you exactly how much tax you should pay.
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US Embassy: http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwh3550.html
Australian Embassy http://www.australia.or.kr
Canadian Embassy http://www.korea.gc.ca/
British Embassy http://www.britain.or.kr/home/index.html?cid=1&lang=e&mid=&mode=

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Copy of the Labor Standards Act http://www.molab.go.kr/English/law/sub_1.jsp

This website (the first of its kind) is operated by Hanul Professional Law Corp., a law firm in Seoul, Korea and attempts to explain those aspects of Korean laws that are relevant to non-Koreans or non-Korean businesses planning or doing business in Korea. http://www.korealaw.com/

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

Non-residency for Canadians (NR73 form).

http://www.ccra-adrc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/nr73/README.html

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The Lemon · Joined: 11 Jan 2003

Two good exchange rate sites:

Oanda http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic Good for current rates

Pacific Exchange Rate Service http://pacific.commerce.ubc.ca/xr/plot.html Historical exchange rates - good to see if the current rate is worth panicking over.
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Two more excellent Korea-related sites: Pusanweb, at http://www.pusanweb.com. More than a little Pusan-o-centric, but lots of good stuff to read for everyone in the country. I think most people already know about it, but if you're new here, look it up.

Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) - http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm Good for a sneak-preview of what will be on the banners around campus by the weekend, and what the Korea Herald's editorial position will be by next week.

kimcheeking · Guest

british council -CELTA in Seoul

http://www.bckorea.or.kr/english/english/tesol/celta.htm

2 below are online western food centers
www.grocerymall.net
www.Yoricome.com

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

National Pension Corporation

www.npc.or.kr

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gang ah jee · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: city of paper

Easily digestible history

http://times.hankooki.com/opinion/trotter_track.htm

Lost Seoul · Joined: 10 Jan 2003

Lost and Found for Seoul subway-

http://english.lost114.com/
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White List of hagwons-

http://www.geocities.com/teflgroup/koreawhitelist.html

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Reports on hagwons and recruiters both positive and negative (etc)

http://www.hagwonreport.com/

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Incheon Airport-

Has information about arrivals and departures, transport to and from the airport (etc)

http://www.airport.or.kr/Eng/home.jsp

For shuttle bus timetable go to

http://www.airport.or.kr/Eng/transportation/bus.jsp

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Gimpo Airport-

http://www.airport.co.kr/eng/dba/airport/gimpo/

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Lesson Plans:
http://www.eslpartyland.com/

http://iteslj.org/

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

This online books site is now offering free delivery to Korea. Hooray!

Stunted Wookie · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Sound Studio

New site...
http://www.hogwan.com/blacklist

denz · Posted: Wed May 07, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject:

- seoul subway trip time calculator -
http://www.seoulsubway.co.kr (english link is far left corner)

i love this website.

denz

rickhorton44 · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Location: Korea

Bus route information and maps. Very helpful if you know the bus number or where the bus stop is.
http://bus.metro.seoul.kr/eng/index.asp
Also a Korea weather website. It's in korean, but you should be able to figure it out hopefully.
http://www.weather.co.kr/welcome/main_11B10101.html
And a translation website. You can translate english to korean, or korean to english.
http://www.systransoft.com/

Cedar · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 4:19 am Post subject:

All about Daegu: http://www.koreabridge.com/daegu

All about Pusan/Busan:
http://www.pusanweb.com

kimcheeking · Guest

eclipse crosswords free software to make crosswords- interactive and wordprocessor formatted. better than puzzle maker.

Dalton · Joined: 26 Mar 2003

Site for Seoul dwellers.
Lots and lots of info about everything from what's on to recycling center locations.
The New Seoul Map under Enjoy Seoul at the top left is an excellent street and subway map.

Seoul Metropolitan Government