i agree with all the comments except the implication that foreigners are supposed to put up with abuse simply because they are foreign. if he was abused by his employer then the employer is indeed a scumbag.

> "Basically what I'm asking is what happens if you find out that
> your employer is a scumbag and you want out? What are your options
> then?"

> Reply: If you find out after you took a job that your Korean employer
> is a scumbag, then the scumbag is you for not talking to other esl
> teachers working at the school before you took the job and make sure
> that the school was good.

> Anyway, I suggest you China, they only check criminal backgrounds and
> no previous schools problems as I know. Japan and Korea share info
> about teachers if requested, mostly the ones deported.

> I really hope that you realize that you are in somebody else country
> before you call locals scumbags. Bad start.

> Good luck.
> PS: no offense to you with my english grammar, english is just my
> second language.