South Korea

South Korea saw in December its first rise in unemployment and subsequent shrink in job growth in five years, reports Yonhap News.

Some locals have lashed out in anger at what they call "young American hippie couples who come to teach English for big pay and easy work, stealing our jobs."

In a related news story, young American hippie couple Jared Acker and Jen Cooper, who moved to South Korea to teach English for big pay and easy work, have recently fled the country southwards to Thailand. South Korean officials believe Acker set fire to a school, tried to pass blame on to a small child, then fled.

You can follow the crazy antics of these two at Fudgepack--urr, I mean, BackpackerAcker.com
(Jared, sorry if your site is not prepared for the traffic you receive from Norman's International. I apologize in advance if it crashes, just trying to help.)