By Spencer McCall
Even as restrictions for E2 visas become increasingly more rigorous, one Korean organization, the Korean Foreign Teacher Recruiting Agency, is taking a step they feel will further ensure the security of ESL schools from unqualified or dishonorable teachers. Only what they have done is illegal.
They have created their own, independent blacklist of foreign teachers they feel should be barred from teaching ESL and perhaps even entering the country. Such requests to have teachers banned or blacklisted have to be processed through immigration at the behest of a lawyer. The Agency has taken no such steps, but proceeded to post on their website a list of almost ten pages worth of foreign teacher names. http://www.kftra.co.kr/black_list.asp
In most cases, the Agency’s grievance with the foreigner also includes other sensitive information pertaining to the teacher’s identities, including full names, nationalities, E2 visa and passport numbers, sex and age. Under Korean Law, this is considered libel and defamation and is illegal. However, many teachers are unaware they are on the list. And if they feel they might be, for whatever reason, there is hope to clear your name.
Recently, a teacher successfully removed her name from the list after a lawyer from the Korean Bar Association threatened to sue the owner of the website. She was not charged any money for this service and would not have had to pay if any action was further pursued.
To read more about the successful teacher go to Koreabridge Job Advice Forumswww.koreabridge.com/jobforums/viewtopic.php?t=2119
The Korean Bar Association is located in Seocho in Seoul www.koreanbar.or.kr/eng/
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