#6. Drink with friends. 

In Korea, like many countries around the world, most social occasions among friends involve alcohol. As anyone who has had a glass or two of wine will tell you, alcohol makes people talkative, energetic, and honest. Korea in particular, “drinking is seen as a social lubricant for South Korea’s overworked business employees and students.” That same study on drinking behavior referenced above found that “drinking culture in Korea was characterized by more social drinking than by drinking alone at home.” It’s not that drinking alone is necessarily looked down on in Korea, it’s just that if you want to understand how Korean people relax, unwind, and blow off steam, hit the bars with a big group of friends rather than venturing out by yourself.