Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jennad]

Hello,

I am trying to decide whether to teach English in S. Korea or Thailand.....

Obviously Korea outweighs Thailand with the financial pros.....but I'd love to hear from everyone else what I should consider.

i.e. quality of the schools/jobs, safety, visa requirements, attitude towards women, food, cost of living, landscape/sightseeing, climate/weather, overall experience, etc.

I know I might get a lot of, "it depends on the person," but I'm speaking generally. I'd love your opinions. Thanks!!

[Radius]

well ive never been to Thailand, let alone teach there, but from what I've heard is that yes, the weather is magnificent, obviously, and you wouldn't get as many who the hell is this intruding in our land kind of stares. Yes you make more in Korea, but the cost of living is way cheaper in Thailand. The attitude towards girls has to be better in Thailand, too. Girls are way at the bottom of the totem pole in Korea and has been for centuries.
Got to give safety to Korea.
Sightseeing would have to go to Thailand, too.

[Globutron]

[northway]

I've heard the schools are kind of crap, and even with the ludicrously low cost of living, your purchasing power will still be a lot lower in Thailand than in Korea. That said, the sightseeing differential is huge: there's a hell of a lot more to see in Thailand than in Korea, and Bangkok is a significantly more interesting city than Seoul.

[Koreadays]

life isn't just about money bro, life is a journey, experience it.

[machoman]

my old co worker taught in thailand. he said classes were huge, and they never turned on the AC. other than that, he loved thai culture.

if u teach here u can go to thailand during holidays. you can even go to japan, china, vietnam, australia, maylasia etc. etc. but if u teach in thailand, you can't go anywhere. that's the trade off.

[bucheon bum]

[machoman]

[bucheon bum]

[jennad]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm just torn because I agree and think Thailand would be more culturally enriching, but I don't know if I can swing it financially because I have certain financial obligations *cough massive student loans*

South Korea seems like a pretty decent place....right? Aside from the whole getting bombed by North Korea thing....

And apologies about posting in multiple forums. I didn't realize you are not supposed to do that (newbie here) and just figured it would maximize helpful responses. Instead it's mostly elicited angry responses (not so much in this forum in this thread, so thanks!)

[metalhead]

Thailand is more fun and there's more to do (Bangkok vs Seoul at least), so chances are you will spend more money in Thailand simply because you can, not good on your average EFL salary over there.

I mean, Korea's ridiculously expensive with regards to fruit and vegetables compared to most of Asia, not a problem for me as I don't really eat that stuff but I know it's a problem for so-called healthy people.

Work in Korea, vacation in S-E Asia. If you want to make decent money in S-E Asia teaching EFL then you should go to Vietnam.

[jennad]

I mean, Korea's ridiculously expensive with regards to fruit and vegetables compared to most of Asia, not a problem for me as I don't really eat that stuff but I know it's a problem for so-called healthy people.



I do love my fruits and veggies........Thailand it is!

[northway]

I disagree with thos saying that you can't travel anywhere if you're living in Thailand. It's plenty cheap enough to get to Laos/Cambodia/Vietnam to do so, and you could probably make it to Indonesia as well.