Apps close fast, battery drain, warm phone, wifi...the issues go on

For the last couple of weeks, by iPhone 4S has been running warm no matter where I keep it. In addition, when I open an app, it may or may not open. When it does open, it quickly closes almost immediately. It is like trying to beat the clock to type a text or use any features. My iPhone will also not hold the battery charge. It drains to 'dead' within a few hours, if that. The Wifi connection is spotty, too. Recently relocating from California to South Korea, I can use Wifi in my neighborhood, but when traveling to another town, it works intermittenly. When I try to sync my phone to my laptop, it often does not complete a sync, but will restart if I barely touch the phone when it is trying to sync. And, somehow, since the new OS install, my app store on my phone is all in Korean. Not sure how to change this back to English. Everything else on my phone is in English. I have to go into my iTunes on my computer to download any of the appupdates since this is stil in English. My settings are all set to English. I have barely had this iPhone for one year, receiving it in early October, 2011.
Whille I was briefly home in the States over the last 6 months, I visited the Apple stores quite often as there are many glitches when you are using a pc laptop with Outlook 2010 & trying to perfectly sync with the iPhone. I hope soon to invest in a Mac. But until then....
This battery/app issue has happened in the not so distant past. Returning to the Apple store, the Apple expert did end up saving all my information, erasing my phone & reinstalling everything. It took forever & I lost all of my settings & personalized stored data in my apps. I really hope there is another solution to my current crisis.
I hope to hear from you soon as this situation is quite frustrating.
Also, can I Skype with Apple support? A phone call costs $2.29 a minute (no matter who calls first). Besides, I am not sure my phone will hold a conversation right now.
BTW, I did install the new OS recently, too.
Thank you for getting back to me asap...
Christine

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