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Important Links  

http://www.english-village.or.kr/eng/ - our official website
http://bluwiki.com/go/Pajuevliving - a great webpage with many answers to Frequently Asked Q uestions
http://english.gg.go.kr/e_tourism/sightseeingRegion.jsp?region=Paju
http://www.korea.ac.kr/english04/images/subway.gif - Seoul Subway System map
http://english.barota.com/ - Korean Train schedule/ fares
http://xanadu.co.kr/eng/index.asp - an English -speaking travel agent based in Seoul
http://www.webhard.net/ - the website where our lessons and resources are held
http://www.heyri.net/contents/english/e_profile.asp - Heyri art village, located across from the EV
http://www.eslcafe.com/ -  a Huge resource for ESL tips and ideas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Letslearnkorean – a Korean language study website set up by 2 of our lovely teachers
http://en.pajuro.net., the official website for Paju (mentioned previously)
http://english.tour2korea.com/, the official site for the Korea National Tourism Organization (with excellent translators)
http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/index.htm, Public Broadcasting System's special on Korea--very informative
http://www.seoulselection.com, materials about Korea in English, online newsletter, Seoul magazine, and a small shop in Seoul
http://www.arirang.co.kr/intro.asp, Arirang--TV and radio in Korea, in English (lots of VOD)
http://times.hankooki.com/, The Korea Times, daily newspaper in English (slight liberal bias)
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/index.asp, The Korea Herald, daily newspaper in English (slight conservative bias) 
http://atimes.com
, Asia Times Online, a thorough news website for the region
http://www.clickkorea.org, Koreana journal and a very thorough set of essays about Korean culture
http://www.langintro.com/kintro/index.htm, an introduction to the Korean language, complete with sound files
http://www.raskb.com/, Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch, fantastic for tours and lectures
http://eng.templestay.com/, the Temple Stay program
http://www.korail.go.kr/ROOT/main-top.top?lang=eng, KORAIL, the train system for domestic travel
http://land.go.kr/english/feel/feel_01.jsp, numerous sounds related to Korea
http://marmot.blogs.com/korea/, the best-known blogger in Korea

 
And,Some Favorites to assist in global living top

http://xe.com, a currency converter
http://www.timeanddate.com, to help with time zone differences (or, http://www.worldtimeserver.com)
http://www.skype.com, my favorite Internet telephony service (to call home for free! or for very little)
http://world.altavista.com/, general language translator
http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/conversions.html, metric-imperial conversions (for those from the US)

 
Fun Links  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRahABuBif4 – music videos filmed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccA8oPFIIlQ – another one filmed here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8LoTtIiqnw – not made here, but my favorite sad Korean song

 
Some online ESL resources of note top

http://www.cal.org/ericcll/faqs/rgos/eslint.html 
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/mlj/journals.swf.htm 
http://www.eslgold.com/site.jsp?resource=pag_ex_teachers_resources_games 
http://www.asian-efl-journal.com/ 
http://www.paaljapan.org/journalhistory.html 
http://www.asiatefl.org/journal/main.html 
http://www.readingmatrix.com/journal.html 
http://www.kate.or.kr/main/publications_journal.htm?PHPSESSID=68fedecdef1265fee83194dcc7986388
http://www.alak.or.kr/2_public/index3.asp 

And in general, http://scholar.google.com  

Also, if you wish to explore the possibility of joining a professional organization: 
http://www.kotesol.org (Korea) 
http://www.kate.or.kr (Korea) 
http://www.asiatefl.org (Asia) 
http://www.tesol.org (Int'l) 
http://www.iatefl.org (Int'l) 
http://www.esl-edu.com (Int'l)

         
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