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[lyviane]

hello!!

I felt like I wouldn't be the only one wanting to ask the lucky one who already went to Korea some advise so I posted this topic here...

Actually I stopped my studies this month and I have a year in front of me before going back to studying so I'm thinking about going to Korea.
I know that going there for a long stay will take a lot of money but is it possibly for foreigners to find work in Korea without diplomas? Maybe it's better to make money for a few month in my country before going there only to visit and study the language?
I'm thinking about living in Seoul do you recommend living in guest-house?
If some of you worked as a foreigner in Korea could you please share some of your experiences?

I hope that there will be people to answer this questions

[taemoo]

I had an F4 visa so I didn't have any problems getting private tutoring jobs, ranging from middle school students to working professionals. I found my students through the yonsei/sogang bulletin boards at the time. I think private tutoring is illegal for foreigners unless you have a working visa or f4.

I went to Korea to study the language and since I didn't take too much money, I did the part time work. If I did it over again, I would have saved money before I went so that I didn't have to work. Wish had more time to hangout with new found friends and take weekend trips to explore the country.

I stayed at a hasook-jip (boarding house) where the nice ajumma prepared breakfast and dinner. Again, if I did it over again, I would find a small studio apartment. If you are doing a short stay, then dorm or guest house/host family would make more sense.

[casali]

Hey! Your plan sounds great, would love to do that one day too. How did things work out? I'd love to hear about it, as I am thinking about doing something like that too after I get my Bachelor degree.

[lyviane]

thanks for your answers ^^

Well I'm living in November for four month. I'll post again when I come back !!!

If anyone had a similar experience please feel free to ad it in this subject

[heechul72]

I haven't been there in so long I've almost forgotten what it's like. My last visit was a study abroad back in 2007 so I didn't really have to find work since I lived in the dorms. But when I was wandering around on my free time I was able to get around smoothly without much knowledge of speaking Korean. I was able to travel the subways and use buses with a limited knowledge of Hangul. It also helps that a lot of places for public transportation are Romanized! I also found it helpful that I was able to access my bank account from certain banks and ATM machines without a fee! The only side draw to that was it would tell me how much was in my bank account in terms of Won rather than Dollars, so I always had to remind myself that no I was not a millionaire, I just had a thousand dollars for the semester lol

[ArwaIB]

wish to visit korea soon

[zhili]

Iyv You definitely should tell me about ur experiences ^^ I'm also planning to study abroad in korea/ internship there in terms of cancer research (and in hopes to eventually live in korea permanently xD)

Have fun there !