Cheap Self-cocktail

Lee Anna Many foreigners are surprised by Korean’s culture. Koreans can start drinking when they become 20 in Korean age or the year they turn 19 in international age, which is quite younger than other countries’ minimum age. When someone asks his friend, ‘Let’s go and have a drink’, it doesn’t just mean that ‘we […]

Surviving Korean Drinking Games (Part 3)

This is a continuation of the Korean drinking games and chants series. You can find previously written articles below! Article 1: https://myhubs.org/2016/06/06/4739/ Article 2: https://myhubs.org/2017/05/17/6393/   1. Apartment Game (아파트 게임) Starting off simple, the apartment game is an easy counting game that many people can play. It starts off with a short chant: 아-파-트 […]

Surviving Korean Drinking Games (Part 2)

Last summer we brought you an intro to Korean drinking games. We covered a few of the basics, including Ttalgi (딸기), Baskin Robbins 31, and the bottlecap game to name a few. What we gave you was a good foundation for Korean drinking games and chants, but we’ve only scratched the surface. Here are four […]

Soju Drinking Culture

There are many things that are very different between South Korea and your country, be it the language, the food, the people – the list goes on and on. But one thing is just as true here as it is at home: people like to gather, socialize, and unwind with a drink (or 12) with […]