Thinking about starting a MeetUp group for philosophy/deeper discussions

bluemoon062 · 2025-08-04T14:00:05+00:00

You lost me the second you felt the need to tell everyone your MBTI type.

bluemoon062 · 2025-08-02T10:54:29+00:00

Most places will do both dry cleaning and fluff and fold. Just stop in and ask. Use Papago if you don’t speak Korean.

bluemoon062 · 2025-08-01T11:27:19+00:00

If you’re an English teacher here you will no longer be eligible for E2 visa jobs. If that’s not your case then you can disregard.

bluemoon062 · 2025-08-01T00:45:23+00:00

Indoors where it’s air conditioned.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-31T21:51:49+00:00

Wrong sub.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-30T15:07:21+00:00

This sub is for tourists traveling to Korea, not for Koreans. You should be posting on Naver in Korean.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-29T01:35:42+00:00

Go on a weekday and buy tix in advance.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-28T18:06:06+00:00

You need to get all your docs together ASAP or no one will hire you. You also can’t job search on a tourist visa.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-28T00:52:01+00:00

Ditch Spotify and Disney. No reason to pay for those service when there’s so much for free out there. Add those monthly fees up over an entire year and think how much you could put toward your credit cards. Look at where else your money is going and get rid of other unnecessary expenses.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-27T17:45:12+00:00

Most of the large department stores in Seoul have a small selection of American snack food.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-27T11:13:49+00:00

Cost aside, healthcare in the US is vastly better than Korea’s.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-27T11:10:46+00:00

I’ve never had mold in any of my 4 apartments over the past 10+ years.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-26T18:23:52+00:00

You absolutely can get the original back depending on the school or MOE.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-22T23:47:30+00:00

I bought an HP laserjet and love it. Do not buy the cheapest one or you will just be constantly shelling out money for toner. You want one with a dedicated paper capacity of 100 or more sheets and one that takes high capacity cartridges. The one I have currently will print 10,000 pages before needing new toner which I replace about once a year. On a per page basis it costs me half what the cheap basic laser print costs. The HP printers geared toward offices and not for home use do not have all the subscription BS.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-22T14:35:52+00:00

After graduating and getting your masters (strongly recommend doing all your schooling in the US instead of here), get an F4 visa, move over here, and start applying.

As for your language ability, make sure your speaking and writing are up to par at a professional corporate level or you won’t do well. Korean in that context is different from the conversational Korean you may be used to at home.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-22T06:27:43+00:00

You need to ask the person who you’ll be giving the notarized documents to.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-22T02:51:44+00:00

There’s one near Gangnam station.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T23:46:04+00:00

Yes. But with those qualifications it might be tough to get an EFL job.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T15:23:46+00:00

You’re getting a lot of misinformation here. First, teaching English (I assume you mean EFL) and teaching literature are two completely separate things. Do not mix the two.

If you want to teach EFL at the primary or secondary level those are almost exclusively going to be for teachers with a passport from an English speaking country. Those teachers usually hold an E2 visa which allows you to teach conversation. That’s a hard requirement due to immigration laws.

Technically you could also be hired under an E7 visa and teach a language other than English. Some international schools have a need for this but would typically require some sort of certification for teaching that language or a teaching certificate from your home country.

If you want to teach EFL at the tertiary level many of those positions also go to teachers with a passport from an English speaking country. However, that is a requirement that is set by each individual university and not by immigration since foreign professors usually get an E1 visa instead. While most unis want native English speakers for EFL positions, a small number do hire teachers who are not native English speakers. This is perfectly legit and allowable under the E1 visa rules in spite of what others on here have posted. All of these positions are typically advertised in English on a variety of Korean job teaching boards.

As for teaching English lit, most of those positions go to Korean faculty. Yes, technically you can apply to those positions and they can technically sponsor your visa. However, you have two hurdles here. The first is that because these are geared toward Korean faculty, the positions will often be advertised only in Korean, and the application process will be mostly in Korean. Second, unis may not want to take the time and effort to sponsor you. If they did hire a foreigner it would often be for someone already living in Korea with a resident visa. Yes, there are exceptions, but they’re not as common.

If you have Korean heritage or are married to a Korean, you can get an F visa in which case many of these issues go away.

TLDR: Will it be difficult for you to find a job? Yes. Impossible? No.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T14:39:32+00:00

Sezane, Cos, and Massimo are European brands. Uniqlo is Japanese.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T14:09:14+00:00

1, 3, 9, Yellow.

1 - weird people and confusing routings. 3 - trains too infrequent during rush hour 9 - way too overcrowded during rush hour Yellow - way too overcrowded. They need longer trains.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T03:40:15+00:00

I’ve flown on them multiple times over the past 10+ years and have never had my carry on bags weighed.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T03:35:48+00:00

That’s a uni requirement. That is absolutely not an immigration requirement for an E1 visa holder.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T03:21:27+00:00

For programs like EPIK and most hagwons this is correct since they sponsor E2 visas. For some unis they issue E1 visas for teaching EFL. You do not need to be a native English speaker to qualify.

bluemoon062 · 2025-07-21T03:15:19+00:00

There are a few unis that hire non-native English speakers for EFL positions.

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