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BBC On Teaching English In North Korea

» by GI Korea February 16th, 2010 at 8:35 pm » Comments (8)

If you are an English teacher in South Korea and you don't like your hagwon owner, well remember it could always be worse; how would you like to have a ...more »

Private English Tutoring Could Be Legalized In Korea

» 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 »

Probe Into Fraudulent SAT Instructor Expands To Include Kidnapping

» by GI Korea February 2nd, 2010 at 3:04 am » Comments (4)

Unbelievable: A well-known instructor who teaches the U.S. standardized Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was kidnapped and was forced to sign a renewal contract, amid the widening police investigation into the recent ...more »

A Historical Look at English Teaching In Korea

» 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 »

Seoul National University of Education President Says Korea Times Misquoted Him

» 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 »

ATEK Press Release On Foreign Sex Crime Claims In South Korea

» 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 »

Malaysia to Release Report On Success of English Teaching Policies

» by GI Korea June 25th, 2009 at 8:59 am » Comments (2)

Here is a report that politicians in Korea may want to check out if they have in plans of expanding English education in Korea: A report on the analysis of the ...more »

The English Teaching “Vampires” of Seoul

» by GI Korea June 6th, 2009 at 4:01 pm » Comments (1)

Korea Beat has the translation of one of the funniest English teaching bashing articles seen yet in the Korean press: According to Pressian’s investigation, American professor A, who worked at university ...more »

Thoughts on Foreign English Teacher “Scandal”

» by GI Korea August 25th, 2006 at 11:08 pm » Comments (3)

I have been reading with amusement the current English teacher "scandal" in the Korean media reported here and then translated by Robert here. I say with amusement because it ...more »

This is Getting Way Over Blown

» by GI Korea January 16th, 2005 at 9:11 am » Comments (6)

If you haven't heard about the English Spectrum-gate scandal head over to to Marmot for all the latest updates. However, I can't help but think this thing is getting way ...more »
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