All posts tagged "drinking"

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    It’s drink for success in South Korea!

    By Choi Sung-jin “If you are a good drinker, your work life will become much easier,” said 70 percent of salaried people in a recent survey by Saramin, a job portal. In the multiple-response opinion poll, 74.6...

    • Posted February 26, 2016
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    High school drinking culture neglects consequences

    It’s Friday night, and for Jeremy, a high school senior, that means that it’s party time. He’s been going to parties ever since sophomore year, and partying has become a part of his identity. For him, parties...

    • Posted April 27, 2015
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    [CNN] How to survive a drinking session in Korea

    Most companies in South Korea have hoesik at least once a month and sometimes every week. Literally, this means dinner with co-workers. In practice, it means official eating/drinking fests involving multiple rounds of alcohol at multiple...

    • Posted April 23, 2015
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    Drinking rate among female Seoulites in 20s soars

    SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) — Twenty-something women in Seoul registered the steepest growth in the drinking rate compared with other age and gender groups during the 2008-2013 period, new data showed Tuesday. The statistics on health released...

    • Posted March 31, 2015
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    Korea’s heavy-drinking culture result of ‘burnout syndrome’

    In Korea’s heavy-drinking culture, it is not uncommon for burned-out office workers to drink their daily sorrows away, but experts caution that this could lead to an unhealthy dependence on alcohol. “Burnout syndrome” ― involving long-term exhaustion...

    • Posted January 27, 2015
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