Teaching in Korea: North Korea

[jamieg1tube]

"I kinda chuckle to myself"...... Nuff said.

[Tcjunior18]

" when people find out that im teaching English" love your Quote punch line....But what you are preaching is Words from Wikipedia! this is a JOKE! HAHAHAHAH!

[dongsoola]

well. its going to change one day, when Korea get liberated.

[tokee1234567]

@dongsoola you mean unified? it's not like they're under any other country's control. liberation's not the right word here. no one's oppressing anybody

[civilwarcat]

Cool, I just found this video so it answers my question I just put in your last video. Please ignore that question unless your feelings have changed any. Thanks, Nora & Chip aka civilwarcat

[qiranger]

LOL - I was going to refer you to this video too!

[sollongos]

North Korea King Kim jung-il loves peace too. :{)

If he keeps his political power in his land. haha

[silversun26]

I teach elementary students and highschool students all the same time, it's interesting to be asked if here in korea has any threatening or something. because I think korea is far from that kind of things

[kimian99]

Wahahha I'm in the Philippines and lots of Koreans here...=D

Wahahahah Lee is going home to back to Korea to serve in the Army lol

Good luck ma main man=D

Thanks for the nice video

[qiranger]

Yes, I have a few students visit there. In fact, I'm planning on spending some time there this summer!

Thanks for watching!

[cgkitti]

I get the same 2 questions as you all the time. My response is usually "You can't really visit North Korea,much less live and teach there." My parents were so worried that NK was going to come and attack SK and I'd be in a huge bind being an American and they would purposely come and attack me because of that. Parents... I understand their thought process but we had a few shouting matches about it. And now all I can say is, I feel safer here than I do in the United States...

[qiranger]

Oh yes!

[rosetintedwanderlust]

@cgkitti sounds like my Dad. We've also had shouting matches about me going to South Korea. I am coming next week to start teaching and my mom told me my Dad is so worried that she thinks he's having anxiety attacks.

[cgkitti]

@rosetintedwanderlust Seriously. There's not much to worry about. I feel for your dad, but he's gotta relax!

[fehquig]

LOL Answers to questions I never thought of asking...

[qiranger]

;-)

[etatauri]

It really annoys and worries me that the media only pays attention to North Korea when there are missile tests and so forth. They like to sensationalize it but nobody seems to care about the issue of refugees and human right conditions in North Korea. Realistically, the threat of all out war is close to zero yet the media insists that this is a more urgent matter than the millions of people being treated worse than animals. As long as they're not Americans right? I hope Obama will speak out more

[qiranger]

Very true.

[yeomjiwon]

That's very true.

[savvysymbiont]

Steve...you should pay a visit to the Ministry of Unification in Samcheong-dong in Seoul. Re-unification is currently underway, it just takes time, a lot of time...

[qiranger]

It is underway... and a good decade or two away from happening.

[Rei0zero]

you mean teaching in s. korea, not n. korea lol

[qiranger]

always.

[BusanKevin]

I used to get that question all the time as well!

Informative video :)

[qiranger]

;-)

[xeneize1]

There are alot of ignorant people. I've been asked many many times if I was either from North or South korea. I always say North, and 90% of the time, people get shocked.

On a different note, I think most Koreans DO NOT want reunification with the North. The North needs to develop their economy before.

[tinyt31391]

whenever i get asked that question i tell them im from East Korea :P

[qiranger]

Most Koreans don't want unification right now, since they are right to assume that the North's state of affairs would unfairly burden the South. What should happen is that normalized relations start and the North to be brought up to speed and on par with the South... then unify the country.

[yeomjiwon]

You know the situaation of S & N exactly.

I am impressed and thank you.

[dctcool]

following the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall I though it'd be high time to start reunifying Korea until I heard the story you just said about the conflict, so much for peace immanent peaceful resolution.

[qiranger]

No. The regime needs to be changed up there... then the country needs to be advanced in several areas before that can be done.

[TrueBlueAustralian]

it must so hard for both sides, when its the "same" country fighting..

[qiranger]

Not really. It's more about the families being separated.

[Dozzer]

Ah good video. I was actually concerned about this as well. Thanks for answering it :)

[qiranger]

Nothing to be concerned about!

[sunsetlover]

Great video, love it.... Great job!

[qiranger]

Thanks!

[betamaxdc]

Hey but seriously, I heard you teach English to Kim Jong Il, how is it?

PS - Did you hear about that S. Korean man who ran away to N. Korea and got past the DMZ guns? Insane story just a few weeks ago.

[qiranger]

;-)

Yeah, I read that story. He had tried previous tried to defect once before. The man is crazy!

[queerion]

haha at least you dont get asked by people: "Jay are you from south korea or north" i give them a huge silent treatment and say "if i was from north, i wouldnt be here right now. more likely dead" =-=

[qiranger]

lol

[Flint133]

Excellent video Qiranger.

[qiranger]

Thanks! Are you coming back soon?

[Flint133]

I have been back for a bit. But things have been going pear shaped with work, and I have been kind of disillusioned with YT so I haven't been around much.

[KazukiSeirei]

Awesome awesome video!!!

Great distinction between armistice and peace treaty too! I had completely forgotten about that. Looking forward to more of your vids as always.

Peace.

[qiranger]

A very important distinction.

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[ajussiwannabe]

I get that question fairly frequently in the States myself. It wasn't until very recently--with the US government's decision on humanitarian grounds to accept North Korean refugees--that almost all Koreans living in the US were from South Korea. There are some 3rd & 4th generation Korean-Americans who emigrated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Korea was call Joseon, but that's a very, very small number.

[qiranger]

;-)

[OhCurt]

In a lot of ways, you're probably safer teaching there than you would be in South Central Los Angeles.

;-)

[qiranger]

Too true.

[thizizliz]

Interesting how afraid people are of anywhere other than where they live. I'd hesitate to work in NK or Tibet for example but it never occurred to me to worry about your safely in SK. It's really cool of you to explain it to people in such clear terms.  And with your positive attitude and gentle demeanor, I'll bet a lot of kids are happy to have drawn you as their teacher.

[qiranger]

Thanks Liz.

[alsdjflaksjghalklaks]

People have asked me constantly: "Are you from north or south Korea?". However, I don't necessarily blame them... I mean if I meet an African person, I would be clueless to where he or she may come from.

[qiranger]

Well, there aren't that many North Koreans roaming the globe...

[alsdjflaksjghalklaks]

Indeed. I have met a fugitive who had to escape to China and get to a German (or French... I don't recall exactly) Embassy who had kindly let them into the United States.

[208STROKER]

Another great vid mate.....well done.

[qiranger]

Thanks!

[VirtuallyAddicted]

I get that question a lot as well. SK is one of the safest places I have lived, crime included.

I thought about teaching in NK. As a Canadian we are one of the few countries that can, but I doubt if I would see the real NK. And really, why else go.

[Mobbs1]

You can definitely teach in NK? english specifically? I didn't think they had interest in such a thing. That's really interesting if it's the case

[VirtuallyAddicted]

Yes, I almost took a job teaching there for 6 months, but then met my wife and decided not to. It would be interesting if you got to see the real NK indeed.

[qiranger]

Yeah, it would be a very guarded place to be.

[DerReisendeGaijin]

I watched a documentary about N.K. on youtube a while back, well, sort of just had it on while I was working on some stuff.  I couldn't believe how empty the streets were in the documentary. So few cars.

I wonder if it gets opened up if there will be a sort of tourism boom like there was with East Germany after the wall came down. I mean, people are going to want to see what the place looks like, right?

[qiranger]

Thanks!

[qiranger]

That it is!

[Gimmeabreakman]

I'd be interested in seeing N.K.

[qiranger]

My trip to the DMZ last year was great. I'd love to see more.