What Others Think of Drinking Culture in Korea

Want to write a short post about something I've observed. I know one young Vietnamese woman in Korea who graduated from a Korean university. One time I talked to her and found out that she plans to stay in Korea for some time. I asked her if she wanted to marry a Korean man and she said no because Korean men's culture was too different, with the drinking and so on. The drinking was the only thing she said actually to help explain the cultural differences.

This reminded me of a Taiwanese student I knew of in Korea. Though I didn't really know her personally, I knew that she had a plan to study in Korea for two years, and I saw a little writing she wrote about Korea which was published in a book for her university's students. She really talked about the drinking. I can't remember all she said, but after writing about the drinking culture in Korea for a bit, she wrote a sentence like this: "Koreans, why do you drink so much??"

Coming from the USA which is a country that is not known for its drinking culture, the amount of drinking in Korea came as a suprise to me. It still does even after being in Korea some time. I see crates full of empty soju bottles in the trash/recycling areas. I find it funny that Korean universities think there's nothing abnormal about students drinking on campus.

To conclude I was surprised with the amount of drinking in Korea, but I find it interesting that people from two other Asian countries are also suprised, especially Taiwan because it's part of Northeast Asia along with Korea and one would assume their cultures are similar.

If possible I would ask people from around Asia what they think of the drinking culture in Korea. People from around the world also, but especially people from Asian countries. If I have a chance I may add more to this post.

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