Crackdown on Illegal Foreign Teacher Brokers

by Robert Koehler on April 1, 2008

in Ministry of Barbarian Affairs, Stupid Foreigner Tricks

At the end of an almost completely unrelated piece in the Hanguk Ilbo, I noticed a blurb that police planned to launch a 70-day crackdown — starting today (April 1) on brokers trading in unqualified foreign teachers. Which means I suspect more than a few teachers will get netted in the process.

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1 Zonath April 1, 2008 at 9:58 am

launch a 70-day crackdown — starting today (April 1) on brokers trading in unqualified foreign teachers

…in related news, Unqualified English Teachers (UET) closed down 200 points on the KOSPI

2 aaronm April 1, 2008 at 10:21 am

And Korean Englishee is now in receivership.

3 chiamattt April 1, 2008 at 10:24 am

I hope it’s as effective as the crackdown on people driving their motorcycles on the sidewalk.

4 cmm April 1, 2008 at 10:32 am

and the crackdown on prostitution.

5 babotaengi April 1, 2008 at 10:37 am

Australian brothels would say the crackdown on prostitution has worked wonders.

6 gbnhj April 1, 2008 at 10:52 am

You know, I wouldn’t have thought so, but after considering Nos. 3 and 4 above, I guess the opposite of crackdown really is a cock-up.

7 hitest April 1, 2008 at 2:23 pm

The 70 day crack down is scheduled to begin April 1 and will end noon April 2 or sooner should public sentiment dictate they should return to their regular duties of driving around with their lights on and, well, driving around with their lights on.

8 roboseyo April 1, 2008 at 2:33 pm

Well if they devote as much diligence and thoroughness to this crackdown on teachers as they do to assaults and attempted kidnappings on nine-year-olds in elevators, I’m not gonna sweat it.

9 dokdoforever April 1, 2008 at 10:48 pm

Those agencies make quite a killing though – a 50% cut for just introducing the teacher to the business. No wonder a crackdown isn’t likely to be effective with easy money like that.

10 JohnT April 2, 2008 at 9:35 am

Why so negative? Look what the crack on spitting in public accomplished!

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