8 South Koreans arrested for illegally teaching in Bangkok schools

[snoop1130]

Photo via Facebook/ Nath Chanyaputhipan

 

By Petch Petpailin

 

Officers from the Immigration Bureau arrested eight South Korean nationals for working illegally as teachers at two language schools in Bangkok.

 

The officers raided two language schools in the Bang Na and Ratchada areas of Bangkok yesterday, February 6. The schools had multiple separate classrooms, each equipped with students’ tables and teachers’ tools, including whiteboards, student exercises, Korean textbooks, and monitors.

 

Police found eight South Korean nationals teaching students both online and in person at the two schools and requested to inspect their work permits. However, none of the South Korean teachers at either location could provide the required documentation.

 

Among the eight South Korean nationals, six were male and two were female. They entered Thailand legally under the visa-free scheme, and some remained in the country after marrying Thai wives. However, despite their legal entry and stay, they had not obtained work permits to teach at the schools.

 

The schools’ owner, Wipha, reportedly paid the South Korean nationals 200 baht per hour for online teaching and 350 baht per hour for in-person classes. They were compensated both in cash and via bank transfers.

 

 

The South Korean national who had worked at the school the longest had been teaching there for over a year.

 

All of the illegal foreign employees were charged under Section 8 of the Foreigners’ Working Management Act for working without a permit. The penalty ranges from a fine of 5,000 to 50,000 baht, deportation, and a two-year ban from applying for a work permit in Thailand.

 

Wipha, the Thai employer, was charged under Section 9 of the Foreigners’ Working Management Act for hiring foreign workers without a permit. This offence carries a fine of between 10,000 and 100,000 baht per illegal employee.

 

If Wipha were to commit the same offence again in the future, she would face imprisonment of up to one year and a fine ranging from 50,000 to 200,000 baht per illegal employee. She would also be banned from hiring any foreign workers for three years following the final court judgment.

 

On Wednesday, February 5, another South Korean national was arrested in Chon Buri for working illegally as a tour guide. He was detained while leading a group of tourists on a luxury boat trip.

 

Source: The Thaiger

-- 2025-02-07

 

 

[hotchilli]

Wipa should have known better...

[TheFishman1]

She’ll make a deal with the cops give them a bunch of money and pay a small small phone and that would be it TIT

[BangkokReady]

13 hours ago, TheFishman1 said:

pay a small small phone

 

How small?  Phones are pretty big these days...  🤔

[BangkokReady]

On 2/7/2025 at 5:41 PM, snoop1130 said:

Wipha

 

Wipha?  I hardly know 'er!!!  

[connda]

For every 1 South Korean illegally teaching in Thailand, there are probably 100 Thais working illegally in South Korea.

[watchcat]

On 2/8/2025 at 3:22 PM, connda said:

For every 1 South Korean illegally teaching in Thailand, there are probably 100 Thais working illegally in South Korea.

 

But thais are so special, they think Tailand is the center of the universe and that Thai language is spoken around the globe.

[brewsterbudgen]

What were the Korean teachers teaching?  Korean to Thais, presumably?