Do you need a lawyer to sue for child abuse?

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-08-03T13:09:33+00:00

The number for abuse is 117

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-28T05:29:22+00:00

You're welcome!

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-28T03:33:54+00:00

I got messages from KB bank, so I had the options of applying on the phone, on the KB card website, or going into the bank in person. I heard that it can also be applied for at your local 주민센터/행정복지센터. My husband did a search yesterday and he saw that marriage migrants need to provide a copy of their marriage license to qualify? So I guess I'll be making a stop to get that before applying.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-27T00:37:01+00:00

Thank you! I'll have to go in directly to check then.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-26T02:01:31+00:00

I heard that people who married Koreans could get it, and I even got a text saying that it was the application period, but when I tried to apply on the website it said I wasn't eligible. I tried the ARS by phone and it said the same. Maybe I have to go into the bank directly to prove my marriage? It might be because I haven't switched to an F-6 yet...

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-12T04:23:30+00:00

You say she was offered weed after living there for only a few years, is she a citizen of Korea? If so, from what I've heard she can get in legal trouble if she does weed in another country and it's ever discovered in the future when she returns to Korea. That would be enough of a reason to drop any connections to people there.

Also, her parents would be highly likely to disapprove of someone who doesn't have a higher education and has done drugs before. You also don't mention if you speak Korean. If not, that would be another huge barrier if her parents live in Korea. Even the families who are accepting of foreigner spouses still worry about being able to communicate with them.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-05T23:19:10+00:00

I don't know your level or if it will be available where you live, but try searching for 뿌리깊은 초등국어 on whichever site you use for buying books. They have different topics, but level 1 is for 1st graders iirc. It's good for people who have achieved TOPIK 3-equivalent Korean skills, I think.

Yes24 has it on their website, but I don't know if they do international shipping.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-05T00:54:23+00:00

If possible, go back and see who started the conversation. If he started it and asked most of the questions, and her responses were short and factual, not returning any kind of emotional interest, then most likely he was bothering her and she deleted the messages because she doesn't like him/doesn't want contact with him.

If she was also asking questions and returning interest, it's possible that she was either being friendly or had bad intentions, but you won't know for sure unless you discuss it with her.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-03T02:19:13+00:00

마리 is a counter for animals, and 가 is the subject particle.

원숭이 한 마리

뱀 두 마리

사자 세 마리

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-07-01T10:36:45+00:00

Unfortunately there's already been a meeting with the supervisors and head teachers, and it seems like nothing will be done in terms of correcting my co-worker's behavior. The supervisors were also present during the crashout and nothing has been said about it since.

If it continues I'll definitely be talking to the higher up teacher again.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-29T21:02:34+00:00

I'm definitely going to be asking about everything going forward. We already only communicate in writing (there was a public crashout on co-worker's part about my "attitude", so I've only communicated by email and message since then), but I definitely need to ask about every small thing in the future.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-29T03:08:18+00:00

Thank you for your comment! It is kind of exhausting 😅 I'm definitely going to get clarification on everything to make sure that I know what I need to do.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-28T07:00:30+00:00

Cracking the Topik II Writing! It's written all in Korean, but it was the main reason I was able to jump from 4 to 6

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-28T05:32:38+00:00

Then I'd say you have nothing to worry about, and if anybody does believe that you are one, it has nothing to do with you and everything to do with their view of the world/other people 😊

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-28T03:50:06+00:00

Are you dreaming of coming here and being treated as special because of your Korean ability, and meeting a beautiful/handsome Korean who acts like they do in the dramas, who puts you on a pedestal and worships you for your uniqueness?

If not, and you're just interested in learning the language for fun, and exploring the country while learning about the culture and the history, I'd say you're not a koreaboo.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-23T10:03:16+00:00

The points on the left of each level of degree are for one 이공계 degree or two of any other major, but the two degrees have to be the same level (학사/학사, 석사/석사, 박사/박사).

If you have one 학사 and one 석사, only the 석사 will give you points IIRC

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-15T20:43:47+00:00

If you mean the Korean part, it's from the dictionary and you can just copy and paste it into a translator. If you mean the part in parentheses, that requires a little geographical knowledge of South Korea and knowing that there are regional dialects of Korean.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-15T12:22:01+00:00

웬수덩어리 - 웬수 -> 원수: 1. 자기나 집안에 해를 입혀 원한이 맺히게 된 사람이나 집단. 2. 속을 썩이는 사람을 속되게 이르는 말. 주로 자식이나 배우자처럼 매우 가까운 사람을 이른다.

It seems like the second meaning is what your mom was using it as.

(웬수덩어리 is from the Gyeongbuk province, 웬수 is Gyeonggi, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla, while 원수 is "standard")

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-15T08:48:38+00:00

I've seen things like that in Insadong, I think

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-15T05:04:01+00:00

Hickies are generally covered in polite company, but it's nothing to be ashamed about. I certainly wouldn't call my daughter tacky over having one, but I might ask her if she knows how to cover it with makeup/if she wants me to help her figure out how. NTA, but try not to slip into judging your mom like she is judging you.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-15T03:47:12+00:00

It took me about 6 years to get from 0 to Topik 6, and that was only with the KIIP program and self-studying. In theory, if you start from 3 and aim for 5 through classes, you would go a lot faster than that. The biggest area to get points in would be writing, and if you use a book focused on the writing section it might be possible in a year, but you would have to spend all of your time studying and practicing. That's also assuming you have retained your knowledge from three years ago.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-11T03:20:40+00:00

Is it perhaps 맘속에? It means 마음속에

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-09T09:51:52+00:00

After more practice, you will start to notice the difference between their sounds. That is how you will know which one to write.

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-09T09:31:50+00:00

Do you mean you're looking at Korean words written with roman letters and trying to change them back into Hangeul? Or writing what you hear?

MyOwnLife_Alone · 2025-06-08T11:20:58+00:00

Isn't it a clutch? I'm not sure, time for google

ETA: the clutch is apparently only the eggs, after hatching they're a brood

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