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====South Korea====
[[South Korea]] has a great demand for native English speakers willing to teach. It is common for institutions to provide round-trip airfare for a one-year contract and a rent-free apartment.It should be noted that since March 15, 2008, rules for [[Visa (document)|visa]]s have changed. Prospective teachers are now required to undergo a medical examination, a criminal background check, an original degree certificate and sealed transcripts. On arriving in South Korea, teachers have to undergo a further medical check before they receive their ARC card.▼
While [[South Korea]] has a great demand for native English speakers willing to teach, The U.S. Embassy in Korea acknowledges that teachers have at times found themselves in tenuous situations where they have come in to Korea under contract with promises of generous salaries and benefits but find the actual conditions drastically different and in some cases lacking funds to return home.<ref>United States Embassy, Seoul, Korea: [http://seoul.usembassy.gov/teach.html]</ref>
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Return flights are included in the contract and some schools will offer cash instead. A severance pay equivalent to one month's salary is paid at the end of a contract as well. Citizens of the USA, Canada and Australia<ref>Australian Embassy, Republic of Korea: [http://www.southkorea.embassy.gov.au/seol/AusKorsocialsec08.html Australia-Korea Social Security Agreement]</ref> also receive back their pension contributions and their employers' part of the pension contributions on leaving the country.
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