Drinking and Violating Human Rights

The South Korean Supreme Court has ruled that it is a violation of "human dignity" to force someone to drink. In South Korea, like Japan, men drink obscene amounts after work and then go to karaoke bars. This gives the salarymen a chance to be more honest with their bosses and it helps the workers to bond in hopes of brining about the harmonious society that is so honored over there.

Now that women have begun working more, they sometimes feel uncomfortable in this binge drinking culture. It was a woman who filed the lawsuit upon being forced to drink by her boss.

All you college kids out there just remember your right to human dignity when peer pressure is squeezing you to drink when you don't want to.