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how many english teachers are there in korea?

 
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harri2002



Joined: 17 Jul 2003
Location: Earth
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 6:54 am    Post subject: how many english teachers are there in korea? Reply with quote
does anyone have any information on this or where i can get it? Very Happy
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muggie2dammit



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Location: Ilsan, Korea
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 7:40 am    Post subject: Re: how many english teachers are there in korea? Reply with quote
harri2002 wrote:
does anyone have any information on this or where i can get it? Very Happy


Call the Ministry of Immigration and ask for approximate numbers of E2 visa holders in Korea.
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Fri Jan 21, 2005 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This question was up a while ago. Search the number "10,600"
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, the E2 quote looks to be solid, considering that Immigration will have it on file. Where it gets grey and murky is on the amount of F1s, F2s, F4s, E1s, E7s and tourist visa folk who are teaching english. Confused
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kangnamdragon



Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Kangnam, Seoul, Korea
PostPosted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Last night MBC reported 30,000.
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are probably going off the results of that oft-debated article, then.
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that guy



Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Location: long gone
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 1:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Totally by chance I found this:
http://kosis.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1B2451&IDTYPE=3

They say there were 22,345 E2s in 2003. I'm not sure how reliable the site is though.

Here's the home page for those that are interested.

www.stat.go.kr/statcms/main.jsp
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chronicpride



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing Laughing Look at how many B-2s and C-3s there are!! Laughing

2.8 million people a year enter on tourist and short-term visas. Shocked
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Blind Willie



Joined: 05 May 2004
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wonder how many guest workers and temp visas get processed back home?
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JacktheCat



Joined: 08 May 2004
PostPosted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 4:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yes, but that E2 data doesn't show you how many illegal teachers there are here in Korea teaching on tourist visas.

I'll wager that there are more than just a few.
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Yu_Bum_suk



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
PostPosted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote