GMSC-Recruiting Seoul

Korean food is basically made with various kinds of vegetables. They are healthy, but spicy. If you are a vegetarian(not an extreme vegetarian), you will love Korean food. Even though Korean food consists of various kinds of vegetables, you will have delicious meat as well. When you get to Korea, you should try Bullgogi, Galbi, Samgyubsal, Bibimbab, Doenjanggook, and so forth. These are what most foreigners love among Korean food.

Remember, extreme vegetarians!! Even though vegetables are main ingredients of Korean food, almost all the Korean food has some kinds of meat(fish, pork, or beef etc) in it. If you are an extreme vegetarian (absolutely no meat of any kinds), you should ask the restaurant cook not to add any kinds of meat. Or you should cook on your own. Enjoy Korean cultures!!

Even though the Korean government says that it is safe to drink, most Koreans boil it before they drink. A lot of people drink a barley or a corn tea instead of drinking a plain boiled water.

If you are an American, a Canadian, a New Zealander, an Australian, or an English, you do not need any vaccination.

When you get to the airport, one of school staffs will pick you up at the airport. He/she will take you to your accommodation and show you around the school. You do not have to worry about being lost.

IIn general, Koreans are fun-loving. They love to sing and dance. After work or school, Koreans like to go to singing parities, dance parties, or drinking parties. Almost all Koreans are friendly to foreigners, and they are very helpful. If you try to be part of them, they are willing to have you as their part. Remember that Korea is a group-oriented society.

Cheating happens everywhere. Just because very few cheaters do cheatings, we cannot take all the other directors as deceitful. Do your best to avoid such deceitful directors. If any schools that GMSC works for cheat on you, GMSC will do its best to help you every way it can.

If you want to save some money, of course you can. The basic salary is between 1.7 million won and 1.9 million won per month. The income tax is low (4~6%), accommodation is rent-free, the estimate personal expenses per month is approximately 0.4~0.6 million won. The rest of the salary can be saved (If you smoke and drink, your monthly expense could be higher).

In general, the living cost in South Korea is a lot cheaper than that in North America or Japan. Here is the price list of some grocery items including transportation fees. A dozen of canned beer (500g): 15,000 won, a dozen of eggs: 3,000 won, 1L of milk: 2,000 won, 1.5L of Juice:2,500 won, a can of Coke: 800 won, a bag of bread: 2,500 won, 20kg of rice: 50,000 won, a bus fee: 1,000 won, a subway ticket(one zone): 900 won, a movie ticket: 8,000 won, and a meal at a commonplace restaurant: 5,000 ~10,000 won.

Korea has four distinguished seasons. In the winter, it gets a bit cold if Siberian wind dominates the peninsula. However, the pacific ocean wind overwhelms the Siberian wind, it gets a little warm. In the winter, Korea has a cycle of three cold days and four warm days. The average temperature of Korean winter is about between 0 degree and 10 degree below 0 in Celsius. Korean summer is very humid because it is a rainy season. You will really want to stay in an air-conditioned building especially for July and August, which are the hottest months in Korea. During the summer, hurricane-like typoons come at least one time or two. The typoon usually does not hit Korean puninsula but sometimes it does. The average temperature of Korean summer is 28 ~ 33 degree in Celsius. Korean fall and spring is the best time of year to live.

Embassy of Korea in Washington D.C.

Korean Embassy, Consular Office
2320 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Tel (202) 939-5600
Fax (202) 342-1597
Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C.

Korean Consulate General in New York City.

460 Park Ave., 5th Fl.
New York, NY 10022
Tel (212) 752-1700
Fax (212) 888-6320
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylaviania, West Virginia

Korean Consulate General in Chicago

NBC Tower, 27th Floor
455 North City Front Plaza Dr.,
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel (312) 822-9485
Fax (312) 822-9849
Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, SouthDakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Kansas, North Dakota, Kentucky

Korean Consulate General in San Francisco

3500 Clay St.,
San Francisco, CA 84118
Tel (415) 921-2251
Fax (415) 921-5946
Northern California, Utah, Wyoming, colorado

Korean Consulate General in L.A.

3243 Wilshire Blvd.,
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Tel (213) 385-9300
Fax (213) 385-1849
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, California

Korean Consulate General in Houston

1990 Post Oak Blvd., #1250
Houston, Texas 77056
Tel (713) 961-0186
Fax (713) 961-3340
Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Lousiana, Mississippi

Korean Consulate General in Atlanta

229 Peachtree St., Suite 500
International Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel (404) 522-1611
Fax (404) 521-3169
South Carolina, North Calolina, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

Korean Consulate General in Seattle

2033 Sixth Ave., #1125
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel (206) 441-1011
Fax (206) 441-7912
Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alaska

Korean Consulate General in Honolulu

2756 Pali Highway.,
Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Tel (808) 595-6109
Fax (808) 595-3046
Hawaii, Samoa

Korean Consulate General in Boston

One Financial Center, 15th Fl.,
Bostion, MA 02111
Tel (617) 641-2930
Fax (617) 641-2831
New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts

Consulate Agency of the Republic of Korea In Hagatna

125C Tun Jose Camacho St.,
Tamuning, Guam 96931
KCONSUL@KUENTOS.GUAM.NET
Tel (671) 472-6488
Fax (671) 649-1336
Guam

Toronto

Consul General Park, Dae Won
555 Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario, M4V-2J7
Phone (416)920-3809
Fax (416)924-7305
Jurisdiction Ontario and Manitoba

Montreal

Consul General Sang Tae Lee
1 Place ville-Marie, Suite 2015
Montreal, Quebec, H3B 2C4
phone (514) 845-2555
Fax (514) 845-1119
Jurisdiction Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland

Vancouver

Consul General Byong-il Kang
1600-1090 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6E 3V7
phone (604) 681-9581, 9582
Fax (604) 681-4864
Jurisdiction British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories

Ottawa

Embassy of the Republic of Korea
151 Slater St. 5th floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1P5H3
(613) 232-1715

Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Sydney

Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Canberra

Address: 113 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla ACT 2600
Phone: (02) 6270-4100
Fax: (02) 6273-4839
Office hours: Mon-Fri : 09:00-12:30, 13:30-17:00
Off duty on Australian holidays and Korean holidays
(3.1. Independence Movement Day, 7.17. Constitution Day, 8.15 National Day, 10.3. National Foundation Day)

Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom

Address: 60 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6AJ, United Kingdom
Tel. : 44 - (0)20 - 7227-5500
Fax : 44 - (0)20 - 7227-5503
E-Mail: koreanembinuk@mofat.go.kr
Office Hours : 09:30 - 12:30, 14:00 - 17:30 (Mon. - Fri.)
Time Difference (with Korea): -9

WELLINGTON

Secretary Jae-yong Roh
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
Address: 11th Floor ASB Bank Tower, 2 Hunter Street, Wellington
PO BOX 11-143, Manners St.,
Wellington 6034
Tel : 4-473-9073/4
Fax : 4-472-3865
e-mail: koreaemb@world-net.co.nz

AUCKLAND

Consul Jae-won Jun
Consular Agency of The Requblic of Korea
2FL 350 Queen St., City, Auckland
Tel : 9-379-0818/0460
Fax : 9-373-3340