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skintboy
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 Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:20 am Post subject: Pakistanis/Bangladeshis/Indians in Korea |
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Does anyone know where I can find statstics on the number of South Asians such as Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Indians living and working here in Korea? Legal and Illegal?
Also, where do they all live? My friend and I want to check out their hood and have an "authentic" cheap curry there.
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anyangoldboy
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: Re: Pakistanis/Bangladeshis/Indians in Korea |
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[quote="skintboy"]Does anyone know where I can find statstics on the number of South Asians such as Pakistanis, Bangladeshis and Indians living and working here in Korea? Legal and Illegal?
Also, where do they all live? My friend and I want to check out their hood and have an "authentic" cheap curry there.
Cheers[/quote]
If you want a real curry there are some places in Gangnam...I think one of them is called Bombay...I know the owner (hung-out with him in the Aussie shop a few times) and he is from bangladesh...Nice guy...His family owns a few of them around Gangnam and one is going to open in Itaewon...His brother also imports all the spices for the curry places...so that's as about as real a curry as you are going to find... |
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skintboy
Joined: 24 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| Thing is I also want to go see how the Pakistani immigrants live in their community here in Korea... |
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Donkey Beer
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| Planning on joining up with the jihad? |
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CeleryMan
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: |
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| Are you referring to the indentured contractors of Samsung? |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I've met quite a few of them. They're nice people. A lot of them live around the Pochon area in Northern Gyouggi -do. They live in steel containers provided by their employers. While a lot of them refrain from eating pork due to Islamic dietary laws. You'de be surprised at how many of them drink and drink really heavy.
There's quite a few good restaurants in Iteawon I recommend Usmania.
Many of them are forced to work illegally after being cheated by employers. They are only permitted to work under their visa's for a maximum of three years. Many of them stay and join the illegals. |
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stevieg4ever
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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You know what is funny is all the talk of racism that goes around these boards, when you actually meet Indians and and the like they really have no problem being here at all. I met some at the Dongdaemun world cup stadium who worked for LG doing something software related and they were like 'we go out golfing with our colleagues, go for food, discounts on electronic products etc'. Maybe they are just less fussy then western folk because they come from a much tougher country.
Have also met a bangladeshi on my friend's dad's farm during 추석. He was again treated fairly well, earnt a lot of money (albeit by Bangladeshi standards) and has mastered Korean without any formal teaching. |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| stevieg4ever wrote: |
You know what is funny is all the talk of racism that goes around these boards, when you actually meet Indians and and the like they really have no problem being here at all. I met some at the Dongdaemun world cup stadium who worked for LG doing something software related and they were like 'we go out golfing with our colleagues, go for food, discounts on electronic products etc'. Maybe they are just less fussy then western folk because they come from a much tougher country.
Have also met a bangladeshi on my friend's dad's farm during 추석. He was again treated fairly well, earnt a lot of money (albeit by Bangladeshi standards) and has mastered Korean without any formal teaching. |
They do quite a lot to fit in and they expect less in return. Most of them speak Korean much better than the English teachers. |
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stevieg4ever
Joined: 11 Feb 2006
Location: London, England
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Nevermind Korean mate, most of them speak better English than the English teachers lol
| Fishead soup wrote: |
| stevieg4ever wrote: |
You know what is funny is all the talk of racism that goes around these boards, when you actually meet Indians and and the like they really have no problem being here at all. I met some at the Dongdaemun world cup stadium who worked for LG doing something software related and they were like 'we go out golfing with our colleagues, go for food, discounts on electronic products etc'. Maybe they are just less fussy then western folk because they come from a much tougher country.
Have also met a bangladeshi on my friend's dad's farm during 추석. He was again treated fairly well, earnt a lot of money (albeit by Bangladeshi standards) and has mastered Korean without any formal teaching. |
They do quite a lot to fit in and they expect less in return. Most of them speak Korean much better than the English teachers. |
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bovinerebel
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I met an Indian guy who introduced me to this place in Suwon with awesome , authentic and very cheap indian food .
When you actually look at the salaries of the factory workers here they don't earn much less than english teachers , even the illegal ones . Some in fact earn more . I think a lot of the assumptions made about their working conditions are not justified and given what they could expect back home they are very happy to be here .
Most of the factory workers I have met around here report to being very happy with their deal in fact . |
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sargx
Joined: 29 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, I live in/around Pocheon. I see a lot of them. From what I understand they have a very bad reputation and Koreans try to avoid them. Women cross the street instead of walking next to a group of them. I know they're banned in some PC Bangs. This is all second hand information though. |
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NightSky
Joined: 19 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:07 am Post subject: |
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| sargx wrote: |
| From what I understand they have a very bad reputation and Koreans try to avoid them. Women cross the street instead of walking next to a group of them. I know they're banned in some PC Bangs. This is all second hand information though. |
this is true of all foreigners though. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:43 am Post subject: |
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| We have 32 Indians working as s/w engineers at my company. Well educated and probably well paid. The few that I know have been with us for over 4-5 years. |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| bovinerebel wrote: |
| When you actually look at the salaries of the factory workers here they don't earn much less than english teachers , even the illegal ones . Some in fact earn more . |
That's because they work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week.
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| I think a lot of the assumptions made about their working conditions are not justified and given what they could expect back home they are very happy to be here . |
Sure, they make 10-20 times the salary they'd get back home. Pay me $1,000,000 a year, and I'd be smiling in my sleep.
To the OP: Go to Ansan on a Sunday afternoon. Across the street from Ansan station is a large collection of foreign restaurants where the migrant workers hang out. Lots of Indonesians and Chinese, but there are some South Asians as well. |
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bovinerebel
Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:52 am Post subject: |
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That's because they work 14 hours a day, 6 days a week.
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Yes . Given they work long hours . But certainly it's not sweat shop standards like some people like to make out . In their own countries they'd work just as long hours for a tiny bit of the pay . In fact when I learned what these guys were making compared to what they make in the emerging electronics/vehicle hubs of China and India it amazed me how Korea manages to stay competitive . |
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