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Does South Korea have a problem with Xenophobia?

March 16th 2021 At the start of the pandemic, the South Korean government issued harsher quarantine restrictions for foreign residents coming from abroad, whereas Koreans coming back home from overseas, were met with little restrictions—some leaving their quarantine after 3 days to go to a cafe.  Different rules for foreign residents of Korea has always been a thing though. In […]

Teaching English in Korea or Japan. Who has the better life abroad?

UPDATE!!! So after posting to some expat groups and hearing more feedback, I wanted to share the feedback that was given. One commenter reported that, “japanese hospitals will literally kidnap you, and keep you for observation just to milk more out of the insurance companies.” and finds the medical care in Japan terrible. Another commenter wrote that the amount of […]

Moving abroad with Scottie: Expats in Vietnam

Cool people around the world: Meet Scottie-Southeast Asia Edition  So you went abroad to teach English what made you choose Vietnam?  I made the decision to move to Asia maybe 6 years ago and I made the decision to teach English, because through google I had realized that the best opportunity to live outside the United States and make a […]