All posts tagged "alcohol"

  • (Korea Times file)
    [TIME] South Koreans Slam Down 11.2 Shots of Hard Liquor Each Week

      According to analysis by the global marketing-research firm Euromonitor International, South Koreans are the world’s biggest consumers of hard liquor, at 11.2 shots a week on average. They make the world’s second largest consumers, the Russians, seem...

    • Posted November 11, 2014
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  • A governmental research revealed that Koreans consume an average of 8.9 liters or 124 bottles of soju per year. (Korea Times file)
    Korea’s alcohol consumption lower than OECD average

      The average Korean consumes 8.9 liters of alcohol annually – equivalent to 124 of the usual 360 ml bottles of soju (20% alcohol by volume), or 356 of the larger 500 ml cans of beer (5%...

    • Posted November 21, 2013
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