What is the typical daily routine for an English teacher in Korea?

I get up at 4a.m. workout, have breakfast, read the paper
Leave home at 6:45 to take the bus or subway
Teach private classes from 7:30-8:30 a.m.
8:30-9:15 take the bus or subway again
9:30-4:30 I teach at public school
MWF 4:30-5:15 take the bus or subway home
Tu/Th Take the subway 5:45-6:20 p.m.
6:30-8p.m. private class
8p.m.-9p.m. take the subway home

Working in Korea sounds great on paper, but it usually isn't when you get here. There are a lot of horror stories and few good ones. I've been here for two years, but I would have left after the first year if I hadn't married a Korean guy ;) Check out Dave's ESL cafe for more information. The forums are awesome. If I were you, I'd check out Prague or even Thailand. Korea is a tough place to live if you don't speak the language because Koreans, as a whole, are not very tolerant of foreigners (there have been lots of problems with teachers/the U.S. military). I guess it comes down to choosing quality of life or money. I make a little over $3,000 a month, but it is incredibly expensive to live here and I work like a dog!

If you do decide to come, research your school thoroughly. Have someone knowledgeable check the contract for irregularities (and realize that contracts in Korea are not ironclad). It wouldn't hurt to begin learning the language, either. Also, make sure you are in a central area (look at a map...sometimes "20 minutes from Seoul" means 20 minutes flying and 2 hours on the subway or bus) like Apgujeong, Gangnam, or Itaewon.

Good Luck!

Get up, drink some coffee. Read the newspaper. Get on the subway, depending on when you are due into work; the subway in Seoul is packed from 7:30am to 9am. You might fit in the first time, or you might not. Somebody might talk to you, Koreans are quite nervous when it come to making conversation to foreigners. I was talked to almost daily when I took the subway. (but I got my Korean drivers license, the hell with the packed subway lol) Get off on your stop. Walk to your hagwon or public school, or PT teaching position. Go inside, depending if you are making a good impression at the school or company they will give you a cheerly greeting. Prepare for your class for about 30 mins, most teachers are due in to their classes 30 mins earlier in private schools, and up to 2 hrs earlier in Public schools. Do about 3 or 4 50 min classes, take a lunch break, do 3 or 4 more 50 min classes. Teach the freakin right way, not like some lazy teacher wannabes I've seen. If it's torwards the end of the week some of the other teachers or your boss might want to have a "hwe shik." Which is a night out on the town. Or you might just hop back on the subway and go home for the night. Get home, take a shower, eat, watch TV, check your lesson plan for tomorrow, check the net for some PT buisness classes, hit the sack. This is what I did when I first started teachin in Korea.

Much as I'd love to help, I'm afraid I'm not well qualified as I'm not a teacher and I've never been to Korea.