Hello Alec,

Do you hold a Canadian passport? Korea issues work visas (for teaching English) to "native speakers" only (USA, Canada, UK, Australia). In addition, Koreans are very particular about "looks" and think that hiring white teachers will make their business more attractive.

Many do not particularly agree with me, but I think your chances of getting a job in Japan are slightly better. The only catch is that you have to be there yourself to attend interviews, plus the schools that would most likely hire you are very small conversation schools that do their advertising in the local papers. (Unfortunately, the big schools, as in Korea, have the "unmentionable requirement" of hiring only Caucasians).

Good luck!