For American citizens in Seoul interested to know what to do in case of an emergency evacuation, I hope you memorized it last week, because the US Embassy pulled the emergency evacuation plans off its website.
At this time, there is no consideration of an evacuation.
Should an evacuation become necessary, we will issue an updated warden message and post appropriate information specific to the circumstances on our website at http://seoul.usembassy.gov
The page goes on to advise citizens to register with the Embassy and to read the State Department's "Residing Abroad" page.
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Just when I thought I could count on a link not breaking... Geez, US... If you were this efficient in other ways we wouldn't have a deficit.
When I was reading in President Lee's speech about how some of the shells that hit Yŏnpyŏng-do landed close to a school that was in session, it got me wondering if any of the EPIK teachers or some other native-speaking ESL teachers worked at Yŏnpyŏng-do or the other "Five Islands of the West Sea" full- or part-time.
If so, that teacher better get bonus compensation for being in such an area...
And boat fare!
Hey, BuckyHermit, as an OC native, I find it intriguing that you have an entire blog dedicated to a travel Anaheim Ducks towel.
That towel should visit Yŏnpyŏng-do someday.
@kushibo: I'm no longer in Korea, unfortunately, but rather back home permanently in Vancouver. However, if you also have a towel and want to submit some pics, they're always welcome. :)
From the Gusts of Popular Feeling:
http://populargusts.blogspot.com/2010/12/yeongpyeong-do-children-staying-at.html
"It would seem Yeonpyeong Elementary school did not have a native speaking teacher, as the elementary school girls mentioned in the article had never seen a foreign teacher before, and were surprised by her blonde hair. “She’s really tall, too,” they whisper."
Thanks, BuckyHermit. I went over there and left a comment at that somewhat touching post.
Thanks for that link, BuckyHermit.
Kushibo, I was going to answer probably not, because one of the earlier times I mentioned Yeonpyeong-do was in March 2010 in a post about isolated islands off Incheon using native English speakers from, and in, Wyoming to teach via teleconferencing:
http://briandeutsch.blogspot.com/2010/03/teaching-korean-students-from-wyoming.html
I looked at some of the schools in the area, and the one on Yeonpyeong-do has 120 students in a combined pre-, elementary, middle, and high school. No mention of a native speaker English teacher, though it's common for schools to not list them on the homepage: only 1 of my 5 public schools had my name on the webpage with the other teachers and staff members.
Ah, yes. I remember the Wyoming post, but forgot it was with Yŏnpyŏng-do.
I could imagine an employment model where Ongjin County, which comprises those islands, had one or a few teachers that it shuttled around on boats or had stationed on one island at a time for like a week or so.
If they were doing it that way, it might be interesting to do a job like that for a semester or two. The area out there is beautiful.
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