Legality of "volunteering" for room & board (and language class) in South Korea?

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This hostel offers bed, food, and language class in return for work. In USA and other countries, this requires a working visa. In Spain it is legal.¹ How is it in South Korea?

The website is an aggregator. The hostel's own website is merely a blog full of testimonials with a pointer to a Korean language Facebook page for more info.

¹Or seems to be, because the police don't do anything to stop it.






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Do Korean students bow to their teachers?

1- Students Used to Bow to a Teacher Every Class This rule became prohibited a few years ago, but students used to bow to a teacher in every class, before and after the class in school.

Are English classes mandatory in Korea?

Despite the efforts of the Korean government to impose compulsory English education policies such as starting English education earlier and arranging for native English speakers to co-teach in English classes, the English knowledge of Koreans is still lacking.

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