Chuck Canuck,
What you say is true of any expat gig...Asia or Middle East it's all same same but different. You get through the initial training, settle into life, it ain't so bad for awhile and then it slowly starts to suck. The only difference with Korean is you get a reprieve every month by going home and the piece of mind of raising your family where you want, in the house you want, in the schools you want, without all the pollution and all the b.s. that comes with living overseas. The only thing that makes the Korean contract even a little attractive is the ability to commute, other than that the T&C's are not great but unless you have spent any time with your family in India, China, or the Middle East, you can't really know why some might choose this option towards the end of their careers. To belittle the pilots that are "lured" there is not really seeing the big picture. It's the industry that sucks right now and the individual operators just play their part in it.