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English Teacher Confesses To Murdering His Korean Wife

» by January 23rd, 2012 at 8:43 am » Comments (22)

It will be interesting to see how many years in prison this Canadian receives for murdering his Korean girlfriend: A Canadian has turned himself in to Korean police and confessed to ...more »

Korean-American Murderer Operated High Paying Hagwon In Korea

» by August 9th, 2011 at 6:06 am » Comments (33)

Via the comments section comes this story of an ex-LA gang member who murdered two guys and than fled to Korea to become a well paid hagwon operator in Seoul: A ...more »

800 Foreign English Teachers To Be Out Of A Job In Korea

» by July 20th, 2011 at 10:00 pm » Comments (37)

Via a reader tip comes this news that some English teachers in Gyeongi-do will be out of a job: A sudden and drastic budget cut will force more than 800 foreign ...more »

Drunk Canadian Killed By Train In Busan

» by February 25th, 2011 at 7:53 am » Comments (34)

Well here is the case of yet another foreigner in Busan liking killing themselves after a night of apparently binge drinking: .... local Busan radio reports that a 40-year-old Canadian, also ...more »

Message From ATEK On Recent Busan English Teacher Suicide

» by February 21st, 2011 at 9:10 pm » Comments (39)

Here is a message I had sent to me from ATEK that English teachers in Korea may find of interest: As reported earlier this week on Chosun.com, an American English teacher ...more »

Anti-English Spectrum’s Lee Eun-ung Interviewed By KBS Radio

» by July 24th, 2010 at 5:48 pm » Comments (21)

Here is a very interesting interview for all you English teachers out there that was on SBS Radio where they interviewed the Anti-English Spectrum stalker Lee Eun-ung.  Here is an ...more »

Cheating English Teacher Sent to Jail In Korea

» by March 27th, 2010 at 4:00 pm » Comments (1)

Everyone remember the English teacher that enriched himself on a SAT cheating scam?  Well he will now have plenty of time to think of new scams as he spends the ...more »

Former English Teacher David Nam Convicted of Murder

» by February 16th, 2010 at 8:03 am » Comments (13)

It is good to see this dirtbag that was hiding out in Korea put behind bars: David Nam's long-running effort to escape trial for a 1996 killing during a botched Olney ...more »

First Foreign Labor Union Started In Korea

» by 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 »

Korea Times Continues Faulty Reporting On English Teacher Issues

» by 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 »

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