I applied for a number of jobs in Korea and received a number of responses saying the school was looking for a teacher under 30. Since I am 60 years old with a Masters Degree in Education and 34 years of teaching experience I was rather disgusted as being written off on the basis of my age. I did eventually find a teaching position in Korea and was happy teaching there for fourteen months.
I am back in Korea again after a break back in Canada but now find the school will not allow my Asian wife to stay here. Back to the racial discrimination thing again. Happily I have now found a new position where my age is not a problem and it is not a problem with the school for my wife to stay there as well. The point is, while there is a lot of discrimination relating to age, skin colour etc. in many schools in Korea, there are still a few who are more open minded, so if you are in the same category as I am, do not give up hope of finding a decent job in Korea.