SeoulPodcast #69: SPECIAL–Where There’s SMOE There are Firings

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We have a special SeoulPodcast this week.  Joe takes time off of his little vacation to interview recruiter Rowan Hall of ESL Planet about the mass firing of recently hired teachers from the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE).

Also listen to this podcast from Midnight Runner:

SMOE Cancels 100 Public School Jobs At Last Minute

SeoulPodcast Summer Series #3

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Dave in Daegu in the DPRK
Dave’s Photo’s and links

Joseph Steinberg
The Politics of The DPRK
RELATED
NK Frees Detained S. Korean Worker
Program for NK Defectors Planned
‘US, China Agreed Not to Send Troops to NK’
Travel to Hot Spots (for Americans)

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAAA?
Youths Go On Global Tour to Promote Dokkdo

Late Actress Choi’s Ash Jar Stolen

DIRTY FOREIGNERS
http://www.theoneonefour.com/
Facebook for 114

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK
Gluttony for Beauty Takes Toll in ‘Yoga’
Flight of the Awkward Family Photos
Awesome alternative Seoul Subway Map and accessories
North Korea beer ad
Cool INteractive map of Seoul with Bars and Restaurants and suff

PLUGS

Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)

Robin Hudson
Stephanie White
Aaron Shearin
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)

Nomad Scry
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
Twitter
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK

Karl Mamer

MUSIC

The National Anthem of The DPRK
Apple Loops

SeoulPodcast Summer Season #2

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Professional Development and Studying in Korea
CELTA-IGSE
Sookmyung Dae (boys and girls) TESOL
University of Southern Queensland – Master of Education (TESOL)
Victoria University Wellington – Master of Applied Lingustics TESOL
RELATED
Effort to restructure public universities takes new tact
NEWS

Jaws Prompt Coastal Warning
Check Out These Cool Old K
orean Movie Posters (Korea Beat)

Our Friends To the North™
Great Commentary on Ling and Lee from a North Korean
(Marmot’s Hole)
Hyundai Chairwoman Heads for NK Over Worker’s Release

Laura Ling, Euna Lee in Greater Danger Sharing Plane with Slick Willy
(Marmot’s Hole)
Efforts underway to free detainees: Lee

Seoul rules out envoy to Pyongyang

Korea and India sign CEPA
As the trade accord is expected to allow free inflow of human resources, Korea is looking forward to bringing in world-class Indian professionals, particularly in the field of information technologies, one of Korea’s major economic growth drivers.

New period piece beats status quo
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAAA?

Seoul Mayor shows Bum(Korea Beat)
First Fan Death of the Season (BiJD)
The particular body of water to the right of Korea and left of Japan that shall not be named. (Brian, with coverage from the Chosun and Korea Times)
This country is resilient. It has something. It’s cool. I am proud of it. I cannot let go of it,
DIRTY FOREIGNERS

Rough Day at the Airport (BiJD)
Rough Day at the Airport? (Marmot’s Hole)
More General Airport Misadventure (Korean Rum Diary)

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Time Wasters?! Summer’s all about Time wasting!

PLUGS

Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Robin Hudson
Stephanie White
Aaron Shearin
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Nomad Scry
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald)
ESL Planet Recruiting
Fan us on Facebook
Twitter
The Chosun Bimbo
KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK

Our Friends To The North™

MUSIC

John Williams

Mike Oldfield

Apple Loops

SeoulPodcast Summer Season #1

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Comic Con with Robin Hudson (RobinInSeoul)

Jen’s questions:

  1. Uh… What exactly is Comic Con? :-)
  2. Who are the “average” attendees?
  3. Your highlights and lowlights
  4. Your post-game wrap-up:
What do you wish you’d seen that you missed and what would you give a miss next time?
What other activities would you have done/ not bothered with?

Stafford’s Questions:

  1. What is in your Fridge?
  2. What would you ask Lee Myung Bak if you had the chance?
  3. What’s a Brown Coat?
Going home for a visit
Apartment hunting in Korea
Uni employment time limits
Stitch n Bitch
Korea 89 and now

NEWS AND STUFF


North Korea tows and detains South Korean ship
South Korea makes its own helicopter
Gwanghwamun Plaza
Ministry sacks head of education union
Water parks on the Han (more “stuff” than news)

THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO WHAA?

The partially-undressed news (kind of news, I guess)

“Woman tree” (from Brian in Jeollanamdo)
Adjective Korea Korean Tourism Campaign

EXPAT COMMUNITY

Foreigner videos of Korea (with some Japan for good measure) (Thanks to Brian in Jeollanamdo and Robeseyo, who both have links to this)

TIME WASTERS OF THE WEEK

Rather a moot point really

PLUGS
Buy Us a Beer

The Suppliers
(those who have given us swag)

John Kim
Aaron Shearin

Lives of the Party
(those who have donated at least $20)
Robin Hudson
Stephanie White
Aaron Shearin
Naomi Neckoway
Chae An
Kevin R.
Otto Silver

Drinking Buddies
(those who have bought us beers)
Nomad Scry
Mary Campbell
Mimi Snider
Elton Fry
Therese MacSeain

Toast to Absent Friends

GoToMyPC
Ex-Pat Living (The Korea Herald
)
ESL Planet Recruiting

Fan us on Facebook

Twitter
The Chosun Bimbo

KOTESOL

NEXT WEEK

Professional Development and Studying in Korea


MUSIC

Maggie Doucet – Sonnet 116
Charles Potts Magic Windmill Band

Maple Storied

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And here are Jen, Stafford and Joe as Maple Story characters.

COLLECT THEM ALL!!

Jennifer

Stafford

Joe

The SeoulPodcast: Maple Story Edition

SeoulPodcast on the front cover of GROOVE

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What’s this…?

It looks like the SeoulPodcast is headlining Groove Magazine, along with another obviously satisfied listener.

And they picked the great douchebag pic of Joe in his “Santori Time” pose.

You can get Groove on the cashier’s counter of many restaurants and bars in Seoul, particularly Itaewon.  And while you’re at it, get a copy of the latest issue of 10 Magazine, where Joe is now the resident food writer.

“For relaxing times, make it SeoulPodcast time.”