Teaching English in South Korea: Is it safe?

I get asked very often by people wanting to know if it is safe to teach English here in Seoul and other parts of South Korea. Given the constant political unrest between North Korea and South Korea some people ask if it is safe to teach in Korea.

The truth is that since I first came here 10 years ago, there has always been some kind of reasons why people could have got worried and the foreigners teaching here often do worry. The locals though, the Koreans, they are used to it and are never concerned. Japan, China and North Korea are all always potential enemies but South Koreans go about their every day tasks as normal.

If you are thinking to teach English in South Korea my advice is to go. You should be fine and consider the fact that the U.S. military help to defend the border with the North and also the fact that the North Koreans have an army who seem to have very little effective hardware with which to go into battle with the North. Hopefully all will be calm again very soon.