Korean Job Discussion Forums

JAWINSEOUL · Joined: 19 Nov 2005

How much time have spent in Korea in your life ? This is a total of all time spent here in your life. I'm sorry if this has been asked before, but as you know the search engine sucks.

Iv'e been here only 9 months.

jinju · Joined: 22 Jan 2006

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

actual years on the soil!
7years!

but I got here 97 but left for 2 years! in that time!

Hobophobic · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:58 pm Post subject:

Getting to the 5 year mark.

krats1976 · Joined: 14 May 2003

Just passed the 2 1/2 year mark. Should be here at least 4 years (maybe more).

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

Will start my 10th year in May. total time out of country about 4 months.

indytrucks · Joined: 09 Apr 2003 Location: The Shelf

9 years in July. Been out of the country quite a bit in that time, though.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Arrived November 5, 1995. Total time outside of Korea: about 6 months.

weatherman · Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Location: Korea

9 years and 9 months now. Looking forward to my 10 year mark. Have been out of the country for all about 2 months during this period.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Arrived in 1996.. but also spent one year in South America, two years in New York City, one year in San Francisco, and another year in Spain/Austria. Those are all various times during the last 10 years since first arriving in Korea 10 years ago.

philinkorea · Joined: 27 Jan 2003

can i just ask some of you people whats in korea for you? whats making you stay on? dont mean that in a critical way. i personally left after 2 years. i liked it for that time but i wanted to start my career back home. i felt it was a responsibility free lifestyle for me, time to save a bit of cash and do something different. was cool though. i couldnt of done anymore myself. how about you?

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:28 pm Post subject:

somewhere between longer than planned and too much

Milwaukiedave · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Location: Goseong

Just over two years, been out of the country 7 weeks. I'm leaving just after the three year mark to go home.

doggyji · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject:

19 years. Haven't been to Korea for more than 4 years. Things might have changed a bit in my hometown, which was an apartment complex near Technomart. When I was living there, I didn't really travel around other parts of Seoul. If I go visit Seoul, it will be all refreshing....

shortskirt_longjacket · Posted: Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

For those of you who have been here 5+ years, what's your level of Korean proficiency? Are you fluent? How did you learn the language? Formal classroom setting? Korean friends/significant others? How long did it take you to get to the level of fluency that you wanted?

I've just started my 2nd stint here in Korea (was here almost a year and a half the first time) and I find myself wanting to know the language more and feeling kind of pathetic for knowing as little as I do. I don't have the kind of schedule that will permit me to take classes at a language institute. Is it just a matter of time?