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Yonhap is an extremely dishonest company that will lie about your title, wages and working conditions. They advertise for a "copyeditor" on journalism job sites. But when you arrive, they tell you that you're in fact a "proofreader." Four American journalists resigned in one month because of the abuse they suffered at the hands of management there.
I had to file a complaint with Korea's Ministry of Labor to inform them that I was grossly underpaid at Yonhap. They do not pay what you are owed, and they won't admit any wrongdoing.
I was duped into believing that the assurances I received by the hiring manager about my employment conditions were accurate and faithfully conducted. I was told I would be paid based on a 5-day work week at 45,000, 000 KRW per year, and as a copyeditor. The day I arrived, I was told I was in fact a "proofreader" and that I wouldn't be allowed to make any changes to the structure or content of stories. I would have never moved to Seoul if I knew the low level nature of the job. Some of the journalists there are very rude and resentful of the expatriates and treat them very badly.
They dupe expatriates into paying thousands of dollars to come to Seoul under false and dubious conditions. Yet they offered no apology for the conduct of the company.
Yonhap is again advertising for a "copyeditor" in JournalismJobs.com — even though the job is a proofreader position. They have no shame in duping yet another person to come to the company under false intentions.

Company: Yonhap News Agency
Country: USA
City: Seoul
Address: 85-1 Soosong Dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea
Site: english.yonhapnews.co.kr

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