Comments on: Giving new meaning to “working holiday” http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/ Korea... in Blog Format Sat, 5 Jul 2008 04:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kimchipig http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80457 kimchipig Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:40:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80457 The same thing is going on here, too. There was recently a raid of massage parlours; the owners were tipped off. All the girls actually found there weren't doing anything illegal (at the time) and were Koreans on working holiday visas. The same thing is going on here, too. There was recently a raid of massage parlours; the owners were tipped off. All the girls actually found there weren’t doing anything illegal (at the time) and were Koreans on working holiday visas.

]]> By: seouldout http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80430 seouldout Thu, 26 Apr 2007 09:30:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80430 <blockquote>So much for the argument that illegal immigration drives down wages.</blockquote> Perhaps. Anyone know how much an Aussie working girl earns? Digging up that answer is tricky. Best I could do is find <a href="http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:9pT3yPCmOwoJ:www.pla.qld.gov.au/Resources/PLA/reportsPublications/annualReport/2001/documents/05_introduction.pdf+%22prostitution+in+australia%22+%2Bearnings&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=33" rel="nofollow"> this report</a> and do a bit of math. The average monthly earnings of the estimated 16,000 "employees" (seems low) works out to AUD $6,500 (approx. 5 mil won). The average number of punters per day is a bit more than 2, with each earning the worker approx. AUD $100. If the Korean "holiday maker" is engaging in one less transaction than the daily average then she's doing well. How well they're given to self-restraint is up to you to speculate.

So much for the argument that illegal immigration drives down wages.

Perhaps. Anyone know how much an Aussie working girl earns?

Digging up that answer is tricky. Best I could do is find
this report and do a bit of math. The average monthly earnings of the estimated 16,000 “employees” (seems low) works out to AUD $6,500 (approx. 5 mil won). The average number of punters per day is a bit more than 2, with each earning the worker approx. AUD $100.

If the Korean “holiday maker” is engaging in one less transaction than the daily average then she’s doing well.

How well they’re given to self-restraint is up to you to speculate.

]]> By: Pyotr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80428 Pyotr Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:32:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80428 Isn't it perfectly legal for a student to work as long as it is less than 20 hours per week? Isn’t it perfectly legal for a student to work as long as it is less than 20 hours per week?

]]> By: austin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80395 austin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:07:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80395 "ended up in a saloon for Koreans in Sydney" Unlike Korea Australia has anti discrimination laws. I just might go to one of these 'saloons', be refused admittance, and lodge a complaint citing discrimination. “ended up in a saloon for Koreans in Sydney”
Unlike Korea Australia has anti discrimination laws. I just might go to one of these ’saloons’, be refused admittance, and lodge a complaint citing discrimination.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80382 sewing Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:58:26 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80382 Andy: creative post title! Sonagi: comment of the day! Andy: creative post title!
Sonagi: comment of the day!

]]> By: shakuhachi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80377 shakuhachi Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:12:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80377 Note: the definition of "trafficking" given by the Australian government includes all women that came to Australia to work as prostitutes through some sort of recruitment process, whether willing or not. Note: the definition of “trafficking” given by the Australian government includes all women that came to Australia to work as prostitutes through some sort of recruitment process, whether willing or not.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80374 Sonagi Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:42:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80374 So much for the argument that illegal immigration drives down wages. So much for the argument that illegal immigration drives down wages.

]]> By: tocchin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80371 tocchin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:31:05 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80371 Korea, Skunking Korea, Skunking

]]> By: michael http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80369 michael Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:24:56 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/26/giving-new-meaning-to-working-holiday/#comment-80369 Korea, Spunking Korea, Spunking

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