In response to My advice on Thailand - ESL discussion (Howard Zinn, historian)

This is the part I like the best:

"But if SK schools offer full reimbursements, it's because they are using a strategy and are serious about getting good teachers."

Having taught in both countries for several years, the one thing you can say about Korea is that you will make more money there. The second is that you will spend a lot of it taking vacations in places like Thailand pumped up and excited when leaving for your vacation there and finding yourself getting increasingly depressed as the date of your return flight to Korea approaches.

Money isn't everything. If I didn't know this before I went to Korea, I learned it while I was there.

My sense is if the OP has all the complaints he does about Thailand after teaching there for one year, a similar list by him following one year of teaching in Korea will probably take a lot longer to read.

Yeah, Thailand teaching positions don't pay as well as the ones in Korea. If they did, probably 99.9999999% of the teachers presently in Korea would be in Thailand.

I'm happy they're not.