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The mandatory drug test for my E-2 renewal came back positiv…
I'm American, E-2, finishing my first year and renewing. As everyone on an E-2 knows, renewal requires a medical check at a design…
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Criminal
My Korean employer's health check flagged a positive drug re…
I'm Canadian, E-7, at a Korean engineering firm for three years. The company runs an annual health check through a contracted clin…
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Criminal
My son in Korea is addicted and wants help — will going to a…
Our son, 30, American, has lived in Seoul for four years on an E-7. He's told us, in a call we'll never forget, that he's been usi…
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Criminal
I was refused entry at Incheon because of a ten-year-old can…
I'm American. I flew to Seoul for a two-week trip with a valid K-ETA, and at passport control I was pulled aside, questioned for t…
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Criminal
I've served my drug sentence in Korea and I'm about to be de…
I'm Australian, 34. I was sentenced to eighteen months for cannabis possession and sale — a small operation among friends — and I'…
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Criminal
Our son was sentenced to two years in prison in Korea on a d…
Our son, 28, British, was convicted in Seoul of importing MDMA — a case that began with a package — and sentenced to two years' im…
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Criminal
I took an online "package forwarding" job in Korea and one o…
I'm British, working holiday visa, six months in Korea. Three months ago I answered an ad for a "logistics assistant" jo…
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Criminal
A package of drugs arrived at my apartment addressed to my r…
I'm American, D-2, sharing an apartment in Seoul with another foreign student. He's been back in his home country for the summer. …
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Criminal
I was a passenger in a friend's car when police found meth i…
I'm Australian, visiting Korea for two weeks. A Korean friend from years ago picked me up in Busan; we were stopped at a checkpoin…
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Criminal
A dealer was arrested and his records show me buying three t…
I'm American, E-7, five years in Korea. Two weeks ago police came to my office — my office — and asked me to accompany them. A per…
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Criminal
I sold small amounts of cannabis to a few friends at my univ…
I'm Canadian, D-2, third year at a university in Seoul. Over about six months I bought cannabis through a channel and sold some of…
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Criminal
I ordered kratom powder online for anxiety and Korean custom…
I'm American, D-2, in Seoul for a year. I've used kratom — the Southeast Asian leaf powder — for anxiety and sleep for a couple of…
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Criminal
I ordered "poppers" online to a base address in Korea and th…
I'm a US servicemember in Korea. I ordered two bottles of poppers — the small amyl-nitrite bottles sold in adult shops and online …
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Criminal
I inhaled a "happy balloon" at a party in Hongdae and now po…
I'm Australian, in Korea for ten days. At a house party in Hongdae someone was handing out "happy balloons" — nitrous ox…
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Criminal
I'm a medical cannabis patient in Canada and brought my pres…
I'm Canadian, starting an E-7 role in Seoul. I have a chronic pain condition and have been a registered medical cannabis patient f…
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