Korean Job Discussion Forums

Chow · Joined: 24 Nov 2005 Location: Cheongju

Nice little article: http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=2&no=265571&rel_no=1

I've seen a lot of posters on Dave's who are involved in volunteer work. For those who aren't, check out the article. . . .

tacon101 · Joined: 31 Oct 2005 Location: seoul

wow but is it bad if you can't go on a regular basis?

Butterfly · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait

steveohan · Joined: 24 Apr 2005 Location: Seoul, South Korea

thanks for the link! this sounds awesome. i've been looking to do some volunteer work...

steve.

blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

I only managed to go a few times to Hwasung (its a 4hour round trip for me) but its a place filled with lovely kids. If you have time on the weekends then I highly recommend you going.

I've always hoped to adopt a kid after I have my first one with me wife (when I get her Smile

) but telling Korean people always has generated utter shock and a confusion as to why i'd wanna adopt.

I have a couple of close friends who are adopted, changing someones life like that is so awesome, I wish that Korean peeps could see it that way.

slap it · Joined: 21 Jan 2003

great article! it's times like this we should think a bit more of others than only ourselves.

Ilsanman · Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Location: Bucheon, Korea

I don't know if it would just make me angry, knowing that a lot of the kids are not orphans, but just kids discarded by their parents.

They're innocent and deserve a lot better.

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

We were watching a Korean programme just last night about orphans in Korea.

Hubby and I agreed that after we have baby #2 biologically, we will adopt.

BigBlackEquus · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 8:54 am Post subject:

Is it even still possible to adopt a baby from Korea? I had heard this was stopped, or people are basically trying to stop it? I thought I read some posters on here really slamming Holt once. The basic jist of it was that the organization stole babies from the Korean people, was called a cult, etc.

Maybe someone who posted that will read this and explain.

Hater Depot · Joined: 29 Mar 2005

Korea remains the only nation with a per-capita income over $10K that still permits overseas adoptions, though the outflow has dropped to about half of all orphans.

Grotto · Joined: 21 Mar 2004

guangho · Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 12:38 pm Post subject:

When I wanted to volunteer, I was told that it could be seen as 'work' and thus a violation of my e-2.

fiveeagles · Joined: 19 May 2005 Location: Vancouver