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
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
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
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
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
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
