Cost of Living in Korea

Cost of Living in Korea
The cost of living in Korea is quiet low and reasonable compared to western countries. General costs like transportation and food are low. What is expensive in Korea? Housing which is provided by school is really expensive in Korea. That’s why you can save lots of money teaching in Korea. The cost of living in Korea varies from cities to rural areas. The cost of living in rural area is lower than big metropolitan cities. How much you can save depends on you.

Eating out in Korea is cheaper than western countries, which you can have a full meal for around $5. If you have lunch at a western restaurant like T.G.I.G or Outbag, you can get drink and main entrée for around $13~15. If you need to save money, it would be good to cook at home.

Taking buses and subways costs abound $1.(Bus Fare varies, small bus: 7C, Big bus:9C, and long journey bus:$14) If you need a long journey, you may need to pay extra chares.

Even it is cheap, you can get at least $2000 a month!

For more information: www.worknplay.co.kr

Become an ESL teacher in Korea

Teach English in Korea – Part 1

I taught English to Elementary School students in Korea for 2 years. My school was a Korean public school in Korea. When I found this job, I thought it was bogus, because the recruiter who placed me told me that I could get free housing, medical insurance, round flight tickets, and bonus if I took the job. And also I did not know about South Korea among Asian countries.

Everything she told me was true! I do remember how I felt it. “I am so lucky!” If you like to travel and experience new adventures, teaching overseas is right for you! There are lots of jobs avail in Japan, China, Taiwan, and Korea. But if you need to earn money to payoff your loan, Korea is the great place to save money. If you have university degree in any field from US, UK, CA, AU, NZ, SF, Ireland, you can earn money and travel countries in Asia.

First, I would like to recommend you to do online research whether it is right for you or not. If you read some stories in English teacher forum, you would be faced with bad or good stories. As you know it, everyone has different aspects. Event though it is a bit hard for you to live in a totally different country for 1 year without any idea of a country, teaching job is easy and make you earn money. Are you ready?

The jobs in Korea can be divided into 2 sectors, a public school and a private school (private institute). Each school has different benefit. A public school system gives you lesser teaching hours and longer vacations, and also you can really experience Korean school system, but you are the only one foreign teacher in a school. A private school gives you higher salary and foreigner co-teacher, but teaching hour is longer and vacation is short. If you would like to know about the differences, click!