Koreans simply love to have a good drink...for nights out with friends/colleagues, to celebrate special occassions, to forget problems (^o^) and even just to fight the coldness of winter....drinking is an integral part of their life.
I found this very useful guide from (www.tour2korea). Helped a lot when I went out with Korean friends.
Traditional Drinking Etiquette
• Koreans offer glasses of liquor to each other as a gesture of comaraderie. When someone offers you an empty liquor glass, you are expected to hold it out and receive a fill-up, drink it empty, and in likewise fashion return it to the person who offered it to you. This drinking tradition helps promote close ties around the drinking table.
• It is a rule of courtesy for juniors to pour liquor for their seniors. The juniors have to keep paying attention not to leave a senior's glass empty. When a senior offers a junior a glass, the junior should receive it with two hands and drink with head turned aside, not facing the senior. It is also the custom to cup the right sleeve with the left hand when pouring drink for a senior.
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