Well the KAL expats are all attracted by that " great commuting contract ", free meal coupons, business class travel yada,yada,yada.
Indian sea captains too raved about the great shopping, the superfast internet, super nice electronic thingies in Korea until thee master of the Hebei Two Captain Chawla was thrown in the slammer through no fault of his. Now everyone in Mother India is quite wary about skippering any vessels through the west sea, south sea and east sea ( Sea of Japan? sic! ) of that kimchi land.