» by GI Korea March 18th, 2010 at 8:55 am » Comments (10)

For those that haven't heard already Kalani O'Sullivan has unfortunately passed away on February 18, 2010 due to complications with pneumonia. I have been waiting for some time to pass before ...more »

» by GI Korea February 19th, 2010 at 9:00 pm » Comments (15)

For all of you expats working in Korea here is some bad news for you: Expats earning less than 100 million won ($86,133) a year will likely pay more taxes this ...more »

» by GI Korea February 8th, 2010 at 5:51 am » Comments (14)

For those of you that teach English in Korea it appears that your ability to conduct private tutoring legally is at least being discussed: An immigration officer indicated that the government ...more »

» by GI Korea December 22nd, 2009 at 3:00 am » Comments (12)

Matt over at Gusts of Popular Feeling has a very interesting look at English teaching in Korea in the 1980's: If memory serves me right there was a Frenchman who was ...more »

» by GI Korea December 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm » Comments (7)

It will be interesting if this union will do any good in regards to stopping the shady practices of hagwon owners in Korea: A group of foreign nationals working in Korea ...more »

» by GI Korea December 4th, 2009 at 1:32 am » Comments (8)

Here is the latest press release from ATEK for those who are still following the AIDS and Anti-English Spectrum issues: The Association for Teachers of English in Korea (ATEK) would like ...more »

» by GI Korea November 20th, 2009 at 8:56 am » Comments (3)

Matt over at Popular Gusts has a couple of great posts up about the continuing AIDS testing of English teachers in Korea along with updates on the complaint made to ...more »

» by GI Korea November 2nd, 2009 at 8:20 pm » Comments (2)

Very interesting posting over at Gusts of Popular Feeling about whether or not the President of Seoul National University of Education really said this quote that was published in the Korea ...more »

» by GI Korea October 30th, 2009 at 6:48 am » Comments (5)

Here is a press release that I received from ATEK in regards to sex crimes and English teachers in Korea: The Association for Teachers of English in Korea (ATEK) is issuing ...more »

» by GI Korea October 27th, 2009 at 1:07 pm » Comments (5)

More like cartoon of the day: This cartoon comes courtesy of Brian in Jeollanam-do who also provides commentary on a Korea Herald article criticizing the depiction of foreigners in the Korean ...more »

» by GI Korea October 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pm » Comments (20)

Here is another article from Mike Solis in regards to why foreigners should not be subjected to HIV testing in South Korea: "My objection was to the fact that I was ...more »

» by GI Korea October 16th, 2009 at 9:44 am » Comments (16)

Don't know how much ATEK can do to change the perception of English teachers in Korea, but I guess this is a start: A group of native English teachers is criticizing ...more »