Job Hunting Frusrations

Here I though I'd certainly have a job secured before I left the country, and yet, here I am, out of the country, and still no job lined up to go back to the ROK. I had two interviews. One of which I thought went very well and sounded promising, and another that went ok and looked fairly likely. And it's not that I haven't been rejected from these jobs, it's that I haven't heard. One interview was 3 weeks ago. The other was just Thursday, though they told me that they would give me an answer, yes or no, before I left the country. How can both these jobs be holding off so long to give me an answer? It's driving me nuts. One of them starts January 4th, which means I'd need to be buying plane tickets... oh, say NOW!!! If I don't hear something soon I think I might just go nuts! Even if it's a no, at least I'll know and I can start applying to more jobs. I don't care!