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[trachys]

I know her to be very sympathetic to wronged employees, so if you want to tell your story, or the story of a "friend":

Ms IL Hyun Baek
[email protected]

[Whistleblower]

Perhaps she should take interest in this article:

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=115323

The school has not provided any National Health Insurance which is an insult to the teachers in Korea and the victim has third degree burns. The school is not coughing up any money and the victim has to come up with $100,000 for life saving surgery.

Come on. We all come to Korea for the best intentions and help educate Korean citizens and teachers get treated like this. Something has to be done.

I want to see the story on the front page of the newspaper with his photograph of his horrendous burns. That will make Koreans think about how they treat foreigners in their country!

[spliff]

The national health insurance would not have covered it anyway. You need secondary insurance to be covered for something like this.

[Suwoner10]

[Whistleblower]

Bump.


This should be in the papers. The NHI would contribute to a large percentage to the hospital bills but due to no NHI (which is legally expected from employers) he has to pay now out of his own pocket. This is an injustice and a very good example of why the Government should change their policy on Hagwons and NHI.

Get it in the papers now! Imagine if that person was you!

If you want to see him he is in Gangnam Songshim Hospital. Perhaps his school is in Gangnam also. If some knows the address of the school please give it. I am sure the owners are trying to find a replacement rather than make Billy better.

[crusher_of_heads]

ALL Korean journalists and academics are corrupt.

[marlow]

[CentralCali]

[mrsquirrel]

why don't you just quit and come back in August to a new school with all your paperwork.

Make your life easier.

[Smee]

Will she be writing for the English or the Korean version? If it's for the English version, there's no reason to even bother because nothing will come of it. You'd get a wider audience on Dave's. Sadly, too many foreign writers for the papers are deluded into thinking they make a difference.

If she's writing for the Korean version . . . well, nothing will come of it, but at least Koreans would be more likely to see it. Of course, Korean "journalists" aren't to be trusted, and routinely misquote and misattribute in order to fit the article they have in mind. And there's no reason to help a "journalist" meet a deadline by divulging information that will get you SUED FOR LIBEL (remember the Zen Kimchi case?), especially when absolutely no good will come from the story.

[trachys]

JoongAng is a Korean language daily, though they translate material for their English website and the IHT. It's the second largest paper in the country, so the piece(s) will be read by many.

The good that could come from such stories: increased awareness of the unfair and unlawful treatment of teachers, most of whom, due to unreasonable work visa restrictions, are forced to rely on the good faith of their employers. Increased awareness in turn increases pressure on the Ministries of Labor, Justice, and Education to make reforms in the industry.

Or if you like, we can just console/attack each other at places like eslcafe.com.

[PRagic]

Off the top of my head, just have her track down ANY of the former employees of SNU, Konkuk University, Korea University, or Yonsei's ELI. ALL of these places screwed over their long-term employees at one point or another during their 'transitions' (read: conversion to a cheaper program with less qualified teachers).

I'm sure other posters will be able to provide other examples. This is just a start.

[Boodleheimer]

Ianinilsan

[TheUrbanMyth]

[IlIlNine]

how about teachers treated unfairly by the media?