South Korean police are investigating whether Americans covered by the status of forces agreement are working illegally in off-base English language schools in Daegu.
Police were alerted to the issue by an informant several weeks ago, a Daegu Nambu police spokesman said Monday. No arrests have been made.
U.S. Forces Korea has not been contacted about an investigation into illegal employment of Americans at the schools, spokesman Dave Palmer said. USFK does not track employment of Americans outside its bases, he said.
Read the rest on your own. But before you do, see if you can answer the following question. True or False: A police spokesman said many foreigners come to Korea and teach English illegally.
Perhaps the problem here is that these servicemen and -women were earning money while teaching, rather than offering to volunteer to teach members in community, as hoped this past summer:
Although it will not be pay-based work, Lee expects that many native English speakers will join the program as a way to contribute to the local community.
They will co-teach English classes with Korean teachers.
``The programs will run for four weeks and about 40,000 or 50,000 student are expected to benefit from the program annually,'' Lee said. ``We will expand the program depending on the results from this year.''
The education ministry is in discussion with U.S. army camps, expatriate communities and people from multi-national families for the recruitment of the volunteers.
I was back home for a few weeks this summer, which is why I forgot to post the article "S. Korean police investigating tip on illegal foreign volunteers," since it is after all illegal for many visa holders to do so.
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