Korean Job Discussion Forums

elric · Joined: 24 Aug 2005

Leaving for Korea in about 2 weeks and they ask me if I want cable tv? It has like 30 channels of Korean and 5 english channels? What could I possibly be getting? CNN, NBC?

peppermint · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

You might get CNN or the BBC Every place I've ever had has had one or the other, and you might get AFN, which shows American programming for GIs. Other than that, you'll get a few Korean channels that show Western movies, and shows from last season on the American networks

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

Each cable system is different. Mine gets CNN, AFN, and Discover. My cable also had 4 movie channels that run a lot of english movies. There are a host of weird Korean cable stations like Xtreme and Olive and Echannel that sometimes run english shows. Anyway, don't worry too much about TV. If a person's plan is to sit in front of his TV and miss his favorite shows, he might consider not coming here. For your must see TV needs, there's always the bit torrent option.

sublimeshawn · Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Location: Nebraska, USA

when i was there, i watched either bbc or the 3 or 4 older movie channels, make sure you get a vcr or dvd player in your place, youll be happy you did!

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Several Korean channels show a lot of American movies and TV programs as well. OCN, E-channel, OnStyle. There's one other but I don't remember it's name.

Freezer Burn · Joined: 11 Apr 2005 Location: Busan

You can watch TV at night before bed and in the morning while eating Breakfast, that doesn't mean you're wasting your time Mindmetoo.

Good shows are Alias on friday morning on Onstyle about 9-30am
or CSI and thats about it.

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Here in Swampville we have OCN for our English-language telecommunications needs. That's it. I'm thinking of foregoing the cable option at W6,500 a month and investing it in 6 bottles of soju. That leaves 25 more days in the month to come up with an alternative form of entertainment.

This is the embarrassing part. Could anyone recommend a basic computer book I could order from Chiaa that would explain to me in very simple terms just how to use this laptop for things like bit torrent? On a similar topic, I had a printer while I was home and was kind of able to some printing. I would like to get another one here. Do any come with directions in English? (I know I'm on the wrong forum but I never post on that other one.)

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:25 pm Post subject:

A lot of places charge a premium for CNN. Near Itaewon they do that. When I lived in Bundang three years ago, they didn't at first, but started to for all new subscribers.

These days, I get my news from the internet. Someone mentioned MSNBC news online, and I have never looked back. I get all of my news stories one after the other, just as they appear on TV. I know another teacher who mentioned having his computer wired into his TV via graphics card, and he just clicks the links and watches the news all in a row. They run one right after the other once you get them going. The internet connections here are all high-speed, so it's great.

I go here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8004316/

Yaya · Joined: 25 Feb 2003 Location: Seoul

If you are willing to drop 2.4 million won, I suggest sekisat.com. It's a satellite service that says it offers 30 English-language channels.

The cost is 100,000 won per month that you have to pre-pay for a year, plus cost of installation and equipment. The rep said they have sports channels and such and a few Indian ones. Oh well.

Qinella · Joined: 25 Feb 2005 Location: the crib

Here's what I get:

CNN International

One movie channel that plays Korean movies and some really good, new English language movies.

Another movie channel that plays crap from the 80s.

Another channel that plays random foreign movies and TV programs, from various countries.

Discovery Channel in English.

On Style: mostly English language programming, such as Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Sex in the City, various reality programs, Gilmore Girls, Oprah, and maybe a few other random shows. It's an okay channel, but they repeat the same episodes several times throughout a day, and then repeat them again in a month or so. Not much variety.

Arirang TV: programming about Korea in English. Sometimes they have Korean programs with English subtitles.

If you don't have a computer, I'd recommend getting cable for the scant programming that's on there. There will be times you want to have something to watch.

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

I got a lot of cheezy English movies from 10 years ago, a lot of CSI, the BBC news from London and that about covered it. Needless to say, I rented movies a lot.