What jobs are available in Seoul Korea for my spouse?

In order to answer this question, we need to know what visa status your wife is on. Are you military? I have no clue what military spouses get, but as mentioned by the previous poster, military spouses can work on-base. Are you diplomatic? If so, I've got great news for you -- diplomatic spouses can frequently do A LOT. When I first lived in Korea with my parents (1988-1990), spouses of diplomats basically got a work permit allowing them to engage in nearly ANY kind of work. I'm not sure whether this still exists or not. My mom got a part-time job at Hanil Bank (now part of Woori Bank) proofreading things and helping the owner read the English newspaper, and she made more than enough money from doing that part-time to pay for our nearly full-time housekeeper/babysitter (who took care of me). Often, she'd go to work and just read a book, because they didn't need her to perform any tasks -- but she'd still get paid. Because of this, she really liked living in Korea, despite not even being able to read hangeul letters! If you're private sector, she's not going to be able to ride your coattails working visa-wise, and she's going to have to get her own visa if she wants to work (I think she can get an F-1 visa to be with you, but she can't work on it). However, your wife sounds very well-qualified, so she might still be able to work here, though maybe not in her current capacity. Remember, Korea has different licensing standards from other countries. For example, my Japanese friend works in a dentist's office as an oral hygienist even though she's a certified dental nurse in Japan. So perhaps your wife could still work in the obstetrics field, but not as a surgeon. I'm not really sure, since I have no qualifications in that area. If there's anything she wants to study, there are some English language universities and graduate schools around here where she can do it and get a student visa and a work permit (20 hours per week) to engage in whatever type of work she wants, basically, as long as she's licensed to do it within Korea. If she uses this work permit to do something high-paying (probably language teaching, very little pays as well as language teaching), she could easily still turn a profit. Unfortunately, unlike most developed countries, Korea does not have very many visas that allow foreigners pre-clearance on working. Korea was recently ranked the stingiest country in the developed world in terms of helping out other countries, and this was largely based on the strictness of the Korean visa system.