Korea on Boozin'

Drinking is a different animal in Korea.  Koreans see drinking as a social event to bring together friends, family, and potential business clients.   It is completely socially acceptable to drink to the point of black out drunk all the time.  Drinking yourself silly is not shameful or dishonorable.

Especially for businessmen.   This is a direct contradiction to American business where the rule is to never order more than 2 drinks and don't finish your second!  But it is not out of the ordinary to see a Korean man in a suit stumbling and being held up by his buddy at 3pm on a Tuesday.

I've seen men in suits sleeping on the sidewalk at 10am.  I've jumped over a stream of puke coming from a guy sitting on some stairs.  If you don't believe me there is even a blog dedicated to pictures of people who are black out drunk in Korea.

Here are some of my favorite pictures from Black Out Korea: