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Rules For Foreigners To Live By In Korea

» by February 24th, 2013 at 6:37 pm » Comments (33)

Kangaji translated some rules for foreigners in Korea from the Ilbe website. Here is a sample of some of the rules: 5 RULES OF LIVING FOR FOREIGNERS AND ILLEGALS LIVING ...more »

Facts You Need To Know About US Taxes While Living Abroad

» by November 26th, 2012 at 3:34 am » Comments (15)

(Note: This is a guest post by I.J. Zemelman, EA. Tax Operations Director at Taxes for Expats.) The task of filing a US income tax return in and of itself can ...more »

Geoje Becoming Popular Place For Foreign Workers

» by August 3rd, 2012 at 6:40 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like Geoje on Geoje-do Island has quite a growing foreigner population due to its shipyard industry: Brian Hodnett is one of 8,805 foreigners living in the coastal city of ...more »

Picture of the Day: Expats Raise Funds

» by August 2nd, 2012 at 12:57 pm » Comments (7)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"] Representatives from five organizations - the Seoul International Women’s Association, the British Association of Seoul, the American Women’s Club of Korea, the American Women’s Club of ...more »

Are Foreigners Responsible for Their Poor Stereotypes In Korea?

» by July 18th, 2012 at 5:37 am » Comments (44)

A recent article posted over at 3WM that tends to continue the recent trend at criticizing the behavior of foreigners in Korea.  I can understand the major premise of the ...more »

Fundraiser To Help ROK Drop Reader Mike McStay

» by June 1st, 2011 at 2:58 am » Comments (0)

Long time ROK Drop reader Mike McStay a professor at Woosong University, has for the past few months been in and out of the hospital due to cancer treatments.  To ...more »

CNNGo Article On 12 Rules for Expats In Korea

» by May 26th, 2011 at 6:35 pm » Comments (23)

Over at the CNNGo website a fella by the name of Kyle Burton has a list posted of 12 rules expats should follow in Korea.  Not all of the rules ...more »

The ATEK Back Story, Truth or Fiction?

» by April 5th, 2011 at 8:09 pm » Comments (109)

For those that are interested in the ongoing drama at ATEK, The Three Wise Monkeys recently completed a three part series detailing the problems within the organization: ATEK, The Great White ...more »

Expats In Korea Rally to Help Sick Teenager

» by April 7th, 2010 at 1:01 am » Comments (0)

The effort by an American expat to find blood donors for a sick Korean teenager that a featured here last week on the ROK Drop appears to be having some ...more »

Expats to See Their Taxes Go Up In Korea

» by 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 »

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