Wow ! I wish I could work in that building! I would sip Starbucks coffee during the day in my suit and tie and drink Soju with the girls after work !
Beautiful building. Today, Korea is a very modern and beautiful country, and I especially like the mountains there.

Companies usually want a teacher whose first language is English. Other requirements depend on the company or school. (They nearly always want to see a photograph of the teacher!) Teaching qualifications are not always required but a 3-4 year university degree is standard (especially for a working visa) and some companies may want an MA / MBA depending on what kind of class it is and who the students are. University jobs usually require an MA and there is a lot of competition for the good posts.

Many freelance teachers join an agency (giving in a resume etc) and the agency will contact them when there is a job that they think is appropriate for them. Again it can be quite competitive getting some jobs. Most freelance teaching is in companies in the early morning or after 6pm for evening classes. There are also intensive courses especially in summer and winter vacation time. Outgoing teachers can manage to find their own students and teach privately.

http://www.worknplay.co.kr/ is a popular site about teaching in Korea with job info too.

Speaking Korean doesn’t seem to be so necessary although I was interviewed for one job in Korean as they wanted to see how good my language skills were This was because the student was a beginner. I don’t think being able to speak Korean is ever a disadvantage though! If you can speak English and Korean well, you can branch out from teaching into other jobs such as working in publishing companies which often require bilingual speakers.

Queen Inhyeon
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Queen Inhyeon
Queen Consort of Joseon
Queen Consort of Joseon
Tenure 1681 –1688 (7 years)
Reign 1694–1701 (7 years)
Spouse King Sukjong of Joseon
Father Min Yoo-jung
Mother Lady Soong
Born 15 May 1667
Yeoju County, Gyeonggi Province, Joseon
Died 16 September 1701
Changdeok Palace, Korea
Burial Myeongreung, Gyeonggi Province
Queen Inhyeon
Hangul 인현왕후
Hanja 仁顯王后
Revised Romanization Inhyeon Wanghu
McCune–Reischauer Inhyŏn Wanghu
Queen Inhyeon (Hangul: 인현왕후, Hanja: 仁顯王后) (1667–1701) was the second Queen consort of King Sukjong of Joseon and one of the best known Queens of the Joseon Dynasty. Her life has been portrayed in many Korean historical dramas.

Biography

Born into the Yeoheung Min clan, she was the second daughter of Min Yu-jung (Hangul: 민유중, Hanja: 閔維重)[1] (1630–1687) and his second wife, Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan.[2]
She married King Sukjong as his second Queen Consort in 1681, at the age of 14. When so-ui[3] Jang Ok-jeong produced a son in 1688, it created a bloody dispute called Gisa literati purges (기사사화). During this time, Sukjong wanted to give this eldest son (entitled the wonja, literally the “First Son”) the title of “Crown Prince” and wanted to promote Lady Jang from So-ui to Hui-bin.[4]
This action was opposed by the Noron faction, which supports Queen Inhyeon led by Song Si-yeol, and this was supported by the Soron faction, which supports Lady Jang. Sukjong became angry at the opposition, and many were killed including Song Si-yeol. Many, including Inhyeon and her family, were forced into exile. Queen Inhyeon was deposed, while Jang so-ui became Jang hui-bin, and then became the third Queen Consort.
Later in 1694, Sukjong, feeling remorse at his temperamental actions, gave in to a movement for Inhyeon’s reinstatement, which was led by the Soron (this event was called the Gapsul Hwanguk (갑술환국,甲戌換局)) She was brought back to the palace and was reinstated as Queen Consort, with Lady Jang being demoted to hui-bin.
In 1701, aged 34, she became ill and died of an unknown disease (some sources say that she was poisoned).
It has been said that Sukjong, while mourning for Inhyeon, dreamed of her in a sobok dress drenched with blood. Sukjong asked Inhyeon of how she died, but Inhyeon didn’t say anything, but pointed in to the direction of Jang Hui-bin’s chambers. Sukjong awoke, then went into Jang’s chambers. While approaching, he heard music and sounds of laughter. Eavesdropping, he saw Jang Hui-bin with Shamanist priestesses in her chambers, praying for the Queen’s death, while striking a figurine with arrows. When this was discovered by Sukjong, Lady Jang was executed for her actions by poison.
One of the Queen’s ladies in waiting wrote a book called Inhyeon Wanghu Jeon (Hangul: 인현왕후전, Hanja: 仁顯王后傳, Queen Inhyeon’s Story), which still exists today. She is buried in Myeongreung (명릉,明陵) in Gyeonggi Province, and Sukjong was later buried near her in the same area. She has no issue to Sukjong.

Full posthumous name
Hyogyeong Sukseong Jangsun Wonhwa Uiyeol Jeongmok Inhyeon Wanghu
효경숙성장순원화의열정목인현왕후
孝敬淑聖莊純元化懿烈貞穆仁顯王后

Family
Father
Min Yu-jung (Hangul: (민유중), Hanja: 閔維重)
Mother
Lady Song of the Eunjin Song clan (Hangul: 은진 송씨, Hanja: 恩津 宋氏), Min Yu-jung’s second wife
Siblings
Min Jin-hu (Hangul: 민진후, Hanja: 閔鎭厚) (1659–1720), great-great-great-grandfather of Empress Myeongseong
Min Jin-won (Hangul: 민진원, Hanja: 閔鎭遠) (1664–1736)
Lady Min (Hangul: 민씨, Hanja: 閔氏), Min Yu-jung’s eldest daughter
Lady Min (Hangul: 민씨, Hanja: 閔氏), Min Yu-jung’s third daughter…

this is info of dong yi’s son (try to compare when he first sitted on the throne and his death and her mothers death)

Yeongjo (31 October 1694 – 22 April 1776, r. 16 October 1724 – 22 April 1776) was the twenty-first king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the second son of Sukjong by Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Haeju Choi clan, succeeded his older brother Gyeongjong
Reign 16 October 1724 – 22 April 1776
Born 31 October 1694
Birthplace Changdeok Palace, Korea
Died 22 April 1776 (aged 81)
Place of death Gyeonghui Palace, Korea
Buried Wonneung, Guri, Gyeonggi

Family
Father: King Sukjong (숙종)
Mother: Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Haeju Choi clan (숙빈 최씨)
Consorts:
Queen Jeongseong of the Dalsung Seo clan (정성왕후 서씨, 7 December 1692 – 15 February 1757)[2][3]
Queen Jeongsun of the Gyeongju Kim clan (정순왕후 김씨, 10 November 1745 – 12 January 1805)[4]
Royal Noble Consort Jeong of the Lee clan (정빈 이씨)
Royal Noble Consort Yeong of the Lee clan (영빈 이씨, 1696 – 23 August 1764)[5][6]
Jo Gwi-in (귀인 조씨)
Moon Suk-ui (숙의 문씨)[7]
Issue:
Crown Prince Hyojang (효장세자, 1719–1728), Only Son of Royal Noble Consort Jeong of the Lee clan.[8]
Crown Prince Sado (사도세자, 1735–1762), Only Son of Royal Noble Consort Yeong of the Lee clan.[9]
A Daughter of Royal Noble Consort Jeong of the Lee clan.[10]
Princess Hwasoon (화순옹주) — 2nd Daughter of Royal Noble Consort Jeong of the Lee clan.
Princess Hwapyeong (화평옹주, 1727–1748) — 1st Daughter of Royal Noble Consort Yeong of the Lee clan.
Princess Hwahyeop (화협옹주, 1733–1752) – 2nd Daughter of Royal Noble Consort Yeong of the Lee clan.
Princess Hwawan (화완옹주, 1737–1808) — 3rd Daughter of Royal Noble Consort Yeong of the Lee clan.
Princess Hwayoo (화유옹주, 1741–1771) — Only Daughter of Jo Gwi-in.
Princess Hwaryeong (화령옹주, 1752–1821) — 1st Daughter of Moon Suk-ui.
Princess Hwagil (화길옹주, 1754–1772) — 2nd Daughter of Moon Suk-ui.

Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Choe clan (Hangul: 숙빈최씨, Hanja: 淑嬪崔氏) (17 December 1670 – 9 April 1718) was a concubine of King Sukjong of Joseon.
Royal Noble Consort
Spouse King Sukjong of Joseon
Issue
King Yeongjo of Joseon
Born 6 November 1670
Died 9 March 1718
Ihyeon Palace, South Korea

In 1693, in the fourth lunar month of the nineteenth year of King Sukjong’s reign, she became Sukjong’s concubine with the rank of suk-won. In 1694, during the twentieth year of Sukjong’s reign, she was elevated to the rank of suk-ui (Royal Noble Consort of the 2nd grade) after giving birth to a son, Prince Yeoning-geum (later King Yeongjo of Joseon).
In 1695, she was again elevated to the rank of gwi-in. In 1699, she was again promoted to the rank of “bin” (Royal Noble Consort), with the adjective “suk” (“pure”). In 1718 Royal Noble Consort Sukbin of Choe died, aged 49, at her private residence. She was buried in Soryeongwon (昭寧園) in Paju, a designate historical site (No. 358. Address 267 Yeongjang-ri, Gwangtan-myeon, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do).
A display of his deep filial piety, King Yeongjo set up a Jesil to lament over her death near her grave. He also had erected gravestones the contents of which were written by him in her memory, in addition he had built tablet houses on the 4 spots around her grave. Royal Noble Consort Sukbin of Choe memorial tablet was enshrined in the Sukbinmyo later Yuksangmyo (Shrine) later Chilgung (Historical site 149) the place where ancestral tablets of seven royal concubines are enshrined. All of them were birth mothers of Kings that never achieved the status of a Queen.
She was given the posthumous title “Lady Hwagyeong, Royal Noble Consort Suk of the Choe clan” (화경숙빈최씨 和瓊淑嬪崔氏).

and i found this too..its in the history that both sons of sukjong was adopted by the queen inwon

Queen Inwon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Queen Inwon (1687–1757) was a Korean queen consort, married to King Sukjong of Joseon.
Born in 1687, on the twenty-ninth day of the ninth month in the thirteenth year of the reign of King Sukjong, the future Queen Inwon was the second daughter of Kim Joo-shin (Hangul: 김주신, Hanja: 金柱臣)[1] and Lady Jo of the Imcheon Jo clan (Hangul: 임천 조씨, Hanja: 林川 趙氏),.[2] She was a twenty-seventh-generation descendant of King Gyeongsun of Silla. She had two brothers, Kim Huyeon (Hangul: 김후연, Hanja: 金後衍) and Kim Guyeon (Hangul: 김구연, Hanja: 金九衍), one older sister who married Mayor Lee Deoklin (Hangul: 시장이덕린, Hanja: 郡守李德隣), and one younger sister who married Yun Myeon-gyo (Hangul: 윤면교, Hanja: 尹勉教). She married King Sukjong in 1702 as his third Queen Consort,[3] following the death of Queen Inhyeon and the execution of Jang hui-bin in 1701. She came down with smallpox in 1711, but survived. Following King Sukjong’s death in 1720, she became Queen Dowager (大妃 대비 daebi). Following the death of her stepson, King Gyeongjong, and the accession of her other (and favorite) stepson, King Yeongjo, in 1724, she became Grand Queen Dowager (大王大妃 대왕대비 daewangdaebi). She died on the twenty-sixth day of the third month in the thirty-third year of the reign of King Yeongjo (1757) at Changdeok Palace, aged 70. She was buried in Gyeonggi Province, near the tombs of King Sukjong and his second Queen Consort, Queen Inhyeon.
She was given the posthumous title “Queen Inwon, Hyesun Jagyeong Heonryeol Gwangseon Hyeonik Kangseong Jeongdeok Suchang Yeongbok Yunghwa Hwijeong Jeongwoon Jeongui Jangmok Inwon Wanghu”

and i found this as well, about the older brother of king yeongjo, which is the son of lady jang hee-bin

Gyeongjong (20 November 1688 – 11 October 1724, reigned 1720–1724) was the 20th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was the son of Sukjong by Jang Hui-bin.
In 1690, Gyeongjong’s designation as heir to the throne precipitated a struggle between the Noron and the Soron faction, which supported Gyeongjong of Joseon. Due to this struggle, Soron scholars were kept out of power and factional strife reached a high point during Gyeongjong’s reign.
After his death, Gyeongjong was buried in the Uireung tomb in Seokgwan-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul. The chronicles of Gyeongjong’s rule were published under the reign of Yeongjo’s reign in 1732. A few of his youthful calligraphic works have also survived:

Family
Father: King Sukjong (숙종)
Mother: Royal Noble Consort Hui of the Jang clan (희빈 장씨)
Consorts:[1]
Queen Danui of the Shim clan (단의왕후 심씨, 1686–1718)[2]
Queen Seonui of the Eo clan (선의왕후 어씨, 1705–1730)[3]
No issue

btw sorry because my infos are too much long and so as my words..i apologize
just hoping atleast i could share my thoughts and the infos i found
sources(where i found and read these)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consort_Suk_of_the_Choe_clan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeongjo_of_Joseon
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Yeongjo_of_Joseon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyeongjong_of_Joseon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Inwon
http://samedi.livejournal.com/359996.html
http://jikimi.cha.go.kr/english/royal_palaces_new/Gwangneung.jsp?mc=EN_05_02_01

have you read te e-annals of joseon dynasty and the memoirs of lady hyegyong and also the inhyeon wanghu book, i really want to read those books, but there’s no ebook available online, and i also want to watch those saeguk dramas which are from the 80′s or those really old saeguk but i dont know where to watch, perhaps you know a website where i can watch and read all those books and dramas, please help

Maybe you mean the book with portraits of Joseon kings? (I put a couple of photos of that book in this post) That book is called “Great Korean Portraits” by Cho Sun-Mie but it is about Joseon portrait painting and there were only 4 kings whose portraits have survived till today. If you are interested I wrote more about this book here: http://www.dramasrok.com/2012/02/book-great-korean-portraits/