Why am I here?

Why am I living in South Korea now? A fairly obvious question to which I have a menu of answers:

• I work here. In academia one moves where the work is.
• It's my midlife crisis. Everyone knows the pattern. A person becomes discontent with their job and life and goes somewhere else. New job, new wheels, new love life. Well, I have the job. My new wheels are Bus 527 and it's kin (they have chauffeurs), and as for new love life -- a gentleman does not discuss such matters.
  
• Why now? I really was not happy where I was and given that the Young Person is off in college and living her own life when I decided to go job hunting I decided to broaden my horizons just a bit.
• Why South Korea? It was one of several options. The universities there are trying to diversify, I probably won't get kidnapped and beheaded, I'm generally comfortable enough with Asians. I do have a Korean friend which is more than I can say for the UAE or Hong Kong. And, did I mention, they offered me a job
  
• Karma. It's hard to explain but I feel there is something a bit strange about this whole Korea thing.