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A Korean Bar Reconsiders Korean Drinking

At New York’s Reception Bar, Katie Rue’s thoughtful soju and non-alcoholic cocktails are challenging Korean drinking stereotypes.

  • story: Irene Yoo
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
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news

Daily News: Ancient Finnish Beer, Korea’s Boozy Business Culture

Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has teamed up with a psychologist to create a test that matches personality…

  • story: Chloe Frechette
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Cocktails

This Is How You Drink Through Koreatown

Matt Rodbard and Deuki Hong, authors of Koreatown, took the PUNCH crew on a five-hour drinking crawl through NYC's Koreatown, for a taste of traditional bar food, drinking games…

  • story: Matt Rodbard
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
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Places

In Tents: Drunk on Bootleg Soju in South Korea

In Korea, street food carts and soju tents are an integral part of the nightlife landscape, providing a democratic gathering space for young and old to eat and drink copiously.…

  • story: Andrew Madigan
  • photo: Chris Marchant
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Places

The New Yorker’s Guide to Vacationing in Koreatown

New York's Koreatown is an alternate universe where soju, karaoke and piña coladas are requisite and bars are hidden in high-rise office buildings. Leslie Pariseau on the odd appeal of…

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photo: Audrey Sel
news

Korean Soju Is the Best-Selling Spirit on Earth

“As the world’s leading consumer of hard spirits, South Koreans love to drink. Hard." Therefore it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their national drink, soju—usually distilled from rice but…

  • story: Echo Thomas
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