Does anyone know if Korea accepts degrees mentioned on this forum.

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I found my job through a job forum. I went to Dave's ESL Cafe. I enjoyed working there, and I even got engaged to a Korean boy at one point (his family was not open to foreigners and took every opportunity to say as much, and I don't recommend really dating there). If you're there to make money and get experience, great. Just keep in mind, although Korean people are nice, the experience might be isolating. I firmly believe it is safer and more comfortable for foreign men than women. There is no one size fits all experience. Some hagwons, or private academies, like YBM ECC are pretty good, but there are others that are pretty bad. Proceed with caution and check any institution you interview with online before you apply. Sending money transfers back home is time consuming and must be done through the bank. When I lived there, I had to pay my bills through ATM devices, and despite being a very connected country in terms of wiFi and tech, faxes are heavily relied upon.

It really depends on what you're trying to get out of the experience. I did adopt a samoyed while I was there, so I guess I can say I brought a man home either way, hahah.

It's a good start if you want to save money or continue teaching, or are saving to fund your education. Most schools provide housing for you but most housing units will be small.

They will check that you have an accredited degree. You will have to get an FBI background check with fingerprints. Although getting online degrees is frowned upon, there's no way for them to know without you volunteering that information. In most cases, a qualified degree is a qualified degree. I hope this helps.

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Also, I wouldn't worry where you get your degree from in the US. Even people who go to Seoul National University or Tsinghua here in Beijing, the two top universities in South Korea and China respectively, often would rather have a US diploma. That's the perception.

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They likely won't accept ENEB and will likely raise questions over it. Like, why would a South African go to a school in that country, you know? They want people from those countries who have degrees from those countries. That's the appeal.

Also, even though your half Chinese, at least in China, even if you were born elsewhere, you'd still be treated as Chinese. That'd mean lower wages for you and not as many opportunities as other people. There may be an opportunity here or there, but it'd be a struggle.  I hope this helps.

Interesting.. In terms of race. I'm ethnically half Chinese, but I probably know as little about Chinese culture as the rest of South Africa. My grandparents who immigrated (refugees) to South Africa unfortunately already passed by the time I was born. At the time my mom was born, apartheid was still a thing, however laws in regards to Asians were very case-by-case. Most South Africans didn't view Asian people as non-white and because of that many of the discriminatory laws weren't really applicable. (However obviously some laws were). From what my mom told me; her grandparents were given the decision. They could either let my mom grown up in the "white" educational system or no system at all. At the time the educational system was only Afrikaans. So my mom was forced into an Afrikaans school with other white Afrikaans people and hence also didn't really retain any of her Chinese culture or language (other than what my grandparents shared with her before they passed.) I believe she and my dad met their final year in High school and then bam I was born. 

My original plan was to move back to Cape Town, attend UCT and do a bachelors with a double major in CS and Chinese (Mandarin). However, for many reasons that plan did not work out, a part of me still wants do some form of Chinese classes, but since I'm moving to Korea it seems kind of pointless. 

In terms of being a "wasian", I find it really weird and I'm quite interested to see how people would treat me in an Asian country. I'm extremely pale, practically whiter than my entire white-side of the family. While I do have fairly "lidded eyes", I don't really think I have any physical characteristics that would "give me away". Everyone in South Africa just treats me as a white person, which I mean fair, I honestly couldn't care less. But I'm interested to see when I move to Korea, whether or not people would see me as white or Asian. It's like a fun little experiment. 

And as you said "lower wages" why would my ethnicity lower my wage? Does Korea have something against Chinese people? Technically I'm not Chinese (ethnically: yes. Nationality: No), I'm South African, I don't even qualify for Chinese citizenship. Or is that just associated with ethnically Chinese people or maybe Asian people in general? 

This might sound a bit weird, but considering I grew up in South Africa where the only real population of Asian people are Malay, Indian and Chinese, I might be very ignorant in regards to this. BUT, can people even tell apart different Asian ethnicities? Like I'm sure if I said I'm half Korean people wouldn't raise an eyebrow. (At least in South Africa), maybe Asian countries just KNOW when someone is a certain ethnicity.