tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post5853515449470526089..comments2024-02-23T23:53:54.842+09:00Comments on Gusts Of Popular Feeling: Job broker busted for using foreign students as native speakers in after school programs and hagwons in Busanmatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10296009437690229938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-14135976930377920662013-09-22T13:53:46.374+09:002013-09-22T13:53:46.374+09:00The war on "illegal" and "low-quali...The war on "illegal" and "low-quality" foreign ESL teachers in South Korea is sort of like the war on drugs. The question is, who really benefits from such never-ending, low-intensity conflict? In the case of the war on drugs, it's the well-funded state security apparatus. As for the war against native English teachers in South Korea, the Korean media appear to be the primary beneficiaries, given how relentlessly they cover the issue, although the security apparatus in South Korea also have much to gain from endless crackdowns.<br /><br />The question is, just as some say that legalizing drugs would be a more efficient use of social resources, what if the war on foreign English teachers in South Korea was suddenly stopped, which is to say, radically liberalizing visa restrictions and allowing the market to decide who is or isn't a "low-quality" English teacher?<br /><br />I dare say it might very well benefit the average Korean consumer, while job recruiters, dodgy hagwon owners and many opportunistic politicians would certainly lose out. At the same time, the Korean media would no longer be spoon-fed so many stories that only serve to feed local xenophobia, and might actually have to go out and do some actual work and reporting.<br /><br />Obviously, tis but a pipe dream of fools and madmen! King Baeksuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15106210206814275410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12946845.post-43051787667525825792013-09-22T10:31:55.455+09:002013-09-22T10:31:55.455+09:00Expel low-quality job brokers from Korea! Expel low-quality job brokers from Korea! Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477169224986077718noreply@blogger.com