Can I stay in South Korea for work without drinking alcohol?

Of course you can! HOWEVER, you will be looked at funny and it may be hard to connect with your coworkers. read more

Although they had many dinner and drinking parties after work, they didn’t force anyone to drink. Many employees didn’t even join the drinking, and there was no problem with it. You may experience more forced drinking culture in smaller size local Korean companies, and you will unlikely to find drinking culture in Korea branches of international companies. read more

Back in the olden days (super specific, I know), Koreans used to drink alcohol to celebrate important holidays. On these holidays, people would drink alcohol during rituals as a way to show respect to their elders and ancestors. Drinking in Korea was more an obligation than something you did for fun. read more