I like how her commentary went from sounding all professional like "Its one of the most popular drinks in the world and yet so few people have heard of it without a Korean connection" "If I was to pour my own drink would that be a faux-pas?" to "The music is terrible!... But its all good" " *SOJU SOJU SOJU* " "It's made me even more the one" "I want a balloon tied to my head!"
@John bruh you are funny im like 14 and i started drinking at 12 thats what korean culture did to me, lmao Korea IS the most producing and like most "drinking" country in the world
@@xamirjx7364 lol it's similiar for me but I grew up in the rez in canada, first time i got drunk was at my friends 13th bday party when I was 12 😅 and when I first went to korean I was around 13/14 and got drunk on Cass beer and peach soju, soooo good!
@@ralphkleinguevarra yeah facts I just never enjoyed not being in the right state of mind so I’ve avoided drinking/drugs, so I guess I’ll be the one just there for the vibe😂
Went out drinking one night during a visit to Seoul. Started out drinking Scotch in the hotel bar....met some locals and got on the soju, drinking straight outta the bottle(s). Next thing I know, Im waking up under a bridge with a bunch of homeless guys. I vaguely remember singing Journey in a karaoke bar.....then time traveling...
I feel for the camera man. Everyone is having a good time. Roaring with laughter and embracing eachother with the night while the camera man is there like a ghost trying his best to capture the night with intense focus. Hopefully he got fucked up on Soju off camera the next night.
I’m Korean, Mexican and Irish. All of my cultures drink a lot but Koreans drink the most. They are seriously a different breed when it comes to alcohol. Tiny little asian women can drink any white guy under the table with ease. It’s awesome.
@moon dust - What about it is wrong? Just wondering. Every full Korean in my family can drink like a fish. I assume you live in Korea so maybe you know more than I do.
Pretty accurate this one. The first time got druk in Korea: I made like 245 new friends with people who I don't understand, lost my jacket, woke up the next morning butt naked in my bed with vomit on the floor and barely a memory of the previous day. I had to peace the previous night together like a detective.
How are you going to compare soju to sake? The price points are drastically different. Do you like to think Titos and Grey Goose are comparable as well? Soju is $2 and you can't get any better than that!
FOR ALL AMERICANS -- You might think, "oh, this ain't shit...." and start downing 6, 8, maybe 10 shots..... And then the room starts spinning. DO NOT slam soju if you've never drank it before! Go easy!
Soju is brutal. If you're a westerner, take it easy the first time you drink it. It's like drinking furniture finish remover. The South Koreans are used to it. They are almost as legendary drinkers as the Russians.
Back in the day the Swedes burnt their own spirit and drank it out of bowls. Counting all people above 15 (yo) the consumption averaged out on about a liter a week per person. We’ve gotten a lot tamer since then but we still drink in quite copious amounts. A classic morning/ mid-day/ afternoon/ visitors/ night/ work drink was putting a sugar cube in to a cup, pouring coffee over it until you could bo longer see the cube and adding spirit until you could see it again.
Haha. I tried it now. I drink 2 bottles and i didnt feel anything. Its like drinking 2 bottle beer. Idk where you live in europe but the real europe will destroy whole korea in drinking with no problem.
@@mollies13, if you manage to illegally cross the border into North Korea whether it is on purpose or by accident they may not shoot you on sight, but they definitely aren't just going to kick you out of their country and allow you to walk away as a free person.
My favorite Korean drinking experience was sitting at an outdoor food stall drinking soju and beer and eating muscles and live octopus. I spent many Saturday evenings with friends doing just that.
I'm Korean Canadian. I learned the idea of drinking from my Dad as he had countless parties when I was a kid. I used to wonder why I drink the way I do.. then I learned it really was taught bc of my dad. Social norm.
I can totally understand the cultural thing around Soju. In my country we also have such a national alcoholic beverage. Here if you are offered a drink and you refuse they ask if you are sick or something.
i remember as a kid, going down to the corner store to buy soju for my uncle. he would send me down to grab him a bottle and i would get candy. then he would deliver jjachangmeun from the family restaurant on a moped and id go with him. things have changed a lot in 20 years....
@@peterhong526 As an Asian American of Korean decent, people have always assumed I'm from China even after telling them my country of origin. To see a news organization mix up my culture with another shows how much they don't care to learn about the world and that is disgusting. Why is that being a downer when they obviously got something wrong?
@@onedot6674 look at my other comment yesterday: "VICE needs to do round 2 in S. Korea with this host...but this time with authentic Korean music and Korean ahnjoo.👍"
why am i watching this during another quarantine, alone in my bed and currently in a diet program? "getting drunk on soju in south korean" will be my task of 2022
I remember my first time going to Korea with my best friend, first thing we did was eat and drink soju... Let’s just say it does wonders😍 can’t wait to go back
Who are they? "My new friends" That's right! ahahaha! when you get drunk you thought everyone is your friend until you woke up in the morning trying to remember what happened the whole night How you got home while your head is spinning.
I remeber first time having soju at korean bbq. Its like drinking water at end of night we order so many bottles and food got so drunk and ate so much without noticing. Its there trick to rack the bill up was good night though.
Any Brissy people watching they're 9 bucks a pop in Sunnybank. I wouldn't consider it hard liquor though, the green bottles I've never seen above 18%. First timers I recommend the watermelon flavour shes tasty.
Stationed in South Korea in the early 80s.I kinda remember stumbling around the Ville,trying to get back to the compound before your pass ran out,tore up on ju and romilars C. COMPANY,702 Maintenance Bn. 2nd Infantry Division. Camp Edwards Yong-tae-ri
In my experience, the liquor is smooth, not very strong (like vodka but doesn't have the burn), but too damn easy to drink. Like one could probably easily drink a whole bottle during a night out.
I made the mistake of drinking this not knowing what kinda of alcoholic drink it was AND on an empty stomach. Half way through, I knew this stuff was a fun kind of a dangerous 😂😂.
The first time I got super drunk I was working at a law firm through college and I climbed up on top of a retro '84 240 wagon and screamed FUCKING VOLVOS, I HATE MY LIFE I'M A PARALEGAL
I just moved in to a neighborhood with a big Korean community. Deciding to check out all the local liquor stores, I saw a massive shelf in one of them with a ton of something called 'Soju'. It was so cheap compared to what I usually drink that I had to try it. It took a bit to acquire the taste but now I love the stuff. Jinro 24 is my favorite so far. It's not complex, sure, but it's amazing with any kind of food. Just keep it good and cold. Thanks for helping to stretch my liquor budget, soju!
There's also different flavours of Soju for those who don't like the taste of the normal kind, and it literally tastes like juice with a minor aftertaste of alcohol
Me: Plays video game everyday. Mom: You need to go outside more. Me: Do this every night. Mom: WHERE ARE YOU out so late every night? Get yo ass home now!
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I like how her commentary went from sounding all professional like "Its one of the most popular drinks in the world and yet so few people have heard of it without a Korean connection" "If I was to pour my own drink would that be a faux-pas?"
to
"The music is terrible!... But its all good" " *SOJU SOJU SOJU* " "It's made me even more the one" "I want a balloon tied to my head!"
It's like a drug partying in Korea. EVERYBODY is up for a good time.
@John bruh you are funny im like 14 and i started drinking at 12 thats what korean culture did to me, lmao Korea IS the most producing and like most "drinking" country in the world
@@xamirjx7364 lol it's similiar for me but I grew up in the rez in canada, first time i got drunk was at my friends 13th bday party when I was 12 😅 and when I first went to korean I was around 13/14 and got drunk on Cass beer and peach soju, soooo good!
Loll that's how I started drinking soju thru connections but be careful if your connections
"Drink to show your trust" I agree 100% on that statement
@moon dust those who don’t drink are excluded. People who drink knows who to trust after drinking. People are 100% honest when they’re drunk.
@moon dust can you read my comment again?
@@ralphkleinguevarra yeah facts I just never enjoyed not being in the right state of mind so I’ve avoided drinking/drugs, so I guess I’ll be the one just there for the vibe😂
Cute.....
I agree 100% if a person is shy of getting drunk with u it's better not to do business with that person
Went out drinking one night during a visit to Seoul. Started out drinking Scotch in the hotel bar....met some locals and got on the soju, drinking straight outta the bottle(s). Next thing I know, Im waking up under a bridge with a bunch of homeless guys. I vaguely remember singing Journey in a karaoke bar.....then time traveling...
Hahah that’s dope brother
Sounds cool but homeless guys in Korea cannot be under bridges like the States, its against the law.
LMAO🤣🤣🤣
@@darkapaul yeah because nobody ever breaks the law lmao
I feel for the camera man. Everyone is having a good time. Roaring with laughter and embracing eachother with the night while the camera man is there like a ghost trying his best to capture the night with intense focus. Hopefully he got fucked up on Soju off camera the next night.
I bet he did? 😮😂
Moral of the video: South Koreans are my kind of people!
Riiiiiiight?!?!?! and here I am looking for Soju in Johannesburg so I can try it lol
orale, les trade soju and tequila shots homie
I’m Korean, Mexican and Irish. All of my cultures drink a lot but Koreans drink the most. They are seriously a different breed when it comes to alcohol. Tiny little asian women can drink any white guy under the table with ease. It’s awesome.
@moon dust - What about it is wrong? Just wondering. Every full Korean in my family can drink like a fish. I assume you live in Korea so maybe you know more than I do.
Pretty accurate this one. The first time got druk in Korea: I made like 245 new friends with people who I don't understand, lost my jacket, woke up the next morning butt naked in my bed with vomit on the floor and barely a memory of the previous day. I had to peace the previous night together like a detective.
My Russian friends call it baby vodka 😂
@James Franko
Feel sorry for you, you must of drank some fake shit. Soju is smooth and cocktail soju is dope.
@James Franko Yeah soju feels just like spirit! Has no taste honestly.
@James Franko I think that the fact they serve it cold makes it worse
How are you going to compare soju to sake? The price points are drastically different. Do you like to think Titos and Grey Goose are comparable as well? Soju is $2 and you can't get any better than that!
@Aaron Z. Sake in contrast has a much lower dosage and is $20. Using Korean Chungha to compare against Sake would be more appropriate.
FOR ALL AMERICANS -- You might think, "oh, this ain't shit...." and start downing 6, 8, maybe 10 shots.....
And then the room starts spinning.
DO NOT slam soju if you've never drank it before! Go easy!
my guy keith definitely smashed
@@janarohde6732 oof, harsh
Yes maybe, but that is the hard truth. @@sisamusudroka3000
@@janarohde6732 thank god im not asian then
@@sisamusudroka3000 what?
@@sisamusudroka3000 "smashed" means getting laid, what's so bad about that
"Tastes like ethanol," says the person drinking ethanol.
Tastes more like coconut juice when it's super cold.
"that's weird. This water tastes like h2o"
You obviously don't get what she means!
It's not even that strong lol.
3 gifts South Korea has given to the world - kpop, TV series that only needs 1 season, and Soju
Soju is brutal. If you're a westerner, take it easy the first time you drink it. It's like drinking furniture finish remover. The South Koreans are used to it. They are almost as legendary drinkers as the Russians.
Back in the day the Swedes burnt their own spirit and drank it out of bowls. Counting all people above 15 (yo) the consumption averaged out on about a liter a week per person. We’ve gotten a lot tamer since then but we still drink in quite copious amounts.
A classic morning/ mid-day/ afternoon/ visitors/ night/ work drink was putting a sugar cube in to a cup, pouring coffee over it until you could bo longer see the cube and adding spirit until you could see it again.
Haha. I tried it now. I drink 2 bottles and i didnt feel anything. Its like drinking 2 bottle beer. Idk where you live in europe but the real europe will destroy whole korea in drinking with no problem.
Brutal you reckon 😂😂
Soju is the easiest “hard liquor” to drink. That’s what makes it so dangerous because you can drink it nonstop
@@svantewiktorsson soju taste very good especially when you mix it with fruit juices of soda
Thank you Vice. We need more of this in 2020 and beyond.
Imagine getting so drunk then crossing the border 😂😂😱
Happened to me in Korea
These days they would just kick you out or end up in jail with em.
They wouldn't shoot you for trepassing there land.
@@mollies13, if you manage to illegally cross the border into North Korea whether it is on purpose or by accident they may not shoot you on sight, but they definitely aren't just going to kick you out of their country and allow you to walk away as a free person.
My favorite Korean drinking experience was sitting at an outdoor food stall drinking soju and beer and eating muscles and live octopus. I spent many Saturday evenings with friends doing just that.
@geva bochner this was when I lived in Korea.
Stop eating some of the most intelligent creatures on the planet, weirdo.
i would love to eat muscles i bet they have a strong flavour
Can y’all do this next time but the cameraman needs to drink too hahahahaha
Then he couldn't operate the camera.
I'm Korean Canadian. I learned the idea of drinking from my Dad as he had countless parties when I was a kid. I used to wonder why I drink the way I do.. then I learned it really was taught bc of my dad. Social norm.
Charlet is easily my favorite current vice journalist
The social aspect is what is so nice.
I can totally understand the cultural thing around Soju. In my country we also have such a national alcoholic beverage. Here if you are offered a drink and you refuse they ask if you are sick or something.
@Andy Zhu Nah, east EU.
@@greenmidgetyoda1401 'east EU' is not a country. WTF
@@brentedisonchristianWhere did I said it's a country? WTF Brent
where you from?
@@greenmidgetyoda1401 the balkans or the baltic states?
Home boy Keith be ghetto😂😂😂 he funny af!!! And he totally likes the chick!!
i remember as a kid, going down to the corner store to buy soju for my uncle. he would send me down to grab him a bottle and i would get candy. then he would deliver jjachangmeun from the family restaurant on a moped and id go with him. things have changed a lot in 20 years....
Instead of watching this video, go to South Korea where you can have this exact same experience... again and again and again.
muddywaterhowlinwolf where exactly?
muddywaterhowlinwolf pussy ass niggas
Anywhere in South Korea. Spend a year there and tell me I'm wrong @@tyzzh6978
"It was time to go to a grown-up bar where we didn't belong" 😂
I was thinking the same thing but watching the video during lockdown :( But that's on my bucket list now lol
Basically i'll be most trusted person in South Korea
Playing traditional Chinese music. Damn you vice, I expect more from you.
Only downer of this video...
@@peterhong526 As an Asian American of Korean decent, people have always assumed I'm from China even after telling them my country of origin. To see a news organization mix up my culture with another shows how much they don't care to learn about the world and that is disgusting. Why is that being a downer when they obviously got something wrong?
@@onedot6674 no no...I meant to say, "the only negative part about this video" lol
I did not mean downvote lol😅
@@onedot6674 look at my other comment yesterday: "VICE needs to do round 2 in S. Korea with this host...but this time with authentic Korean music and Korean ahnjoo.👍"
too bad they spent countless 2d ollars for soju. they cant make the trip back to goryeo folks.
why am i watching this during another quarantine, alone in my bed and currently in a diet program? "getting drunk on soju in south korean" will be my task of 2022
Same here
Imagine North Korean citizens seeing how South Korean socializing is. Their minds would be blown.
their blood would be boiling if they brought that over to the north 😂💀
Well literally blown unfortunately... consuming any kind of South Korean media is punishable by death under Rocketman's bloody regime.
this makes me want to go to south korea lol
me too hahahaha
trust me, i just went and this was exactly my experience... the drunk feeling of soju is not like anything else lmao
you should its amazing'
I lived there for two years, there is nothing else like it!
its located in North Korea...
Man getting paid to have the best time of your life.
The sober cameraman at the silent disco like: 👁👄👁
As a ol liquor store clerk from a poodunk town. I can vouch that lots of people drink this In America.
At 5:43 he was looking at her while the bartender kept speaking like “can she understanding him”😂😂
I think it’d be awesome to see some fun/funny behind the scenes stuff!💕love the content!!
Soju is easily my favorite "fun" alcohol. The downside is it's hard to get in my area and I can only find bottles for >$5, it's a rip :(
Drank so much Soju in the 80's , that there were times I woke up 2 days later from it.
These are the kind of videos we need VICE,what happened ?Fly me out I'll make em for you
I remember my first time going to Korea with my best friend, first thing we did was eat and drink soju... Let’s just say it does wonders😍 can’t wait to go back
i miss when i was in college. i drank until dawn and still drank till i dropped and slept few hours and went to the lecture... oh good old days,,,
i did the same in college. now im an unemployed alcoholic whos living on the streets.
i miss being able to drink two-three days in a row and feeling fine. Now I drink one day and it takes me a week to fully recover
Who are they? "My new friends" That's right! ahahaha! when you get drunk you thought everyone is your friend until you woke up in the morning trying to remember what happened the whole night How you got home while your head is spinning.
And dont remember a single person you met lol
It's lite vodka, smells like hand sanitizer, works well with beer. I miss it now and then.
it's not. it kinda tastes like lite vodka but that's it.
Only like the Grape flavoured one 😂
she is and will always be my fav and the only reason why i am subed to vice
did cameraman enjoyed the moment?
that bar where you push the book is probably the coolest entry ive seen
Bottle of Pocari Sweat at the end was me when I lived there.
FUCK. YES. Pocari Sweat is LIFE after a night of somac with the Korean homies. That flavored soju though...god damn that shit is evil.
Hahaha exactly! It’s like a holy water.
I remeber first time having soju at korean bbq. Its like drinking water at end of night we order so many bottles and food got so drunk and ate so much without noticing. Its there trick to rack the bill up was good night though.
kind of the point of drinking and eating. to have a good time.
This makes me wanna start drinking again .... especially the silent disco looks like so much fun
This looks like so much fun I’m jealous lmaooooo.
OMG I cannot wait to get to Korea next year and do half of this stuff! But I need Keith and all these people to do it with me!!
Just go to Hongdae or Shinchon. Everyone is like Keith in those neighborhoods.
Meh im going to stick to my Russian tap water vodka.
You got my respect lol
This looked like a blast, I can’t wait to go to Seoul in a month
I drank a whole bottle of original soju last night and i woke up on the floor
Any Brissy people watching they're 9 bucks a pop in Sunnybank. I wouldn't consider it hard liquor though, the green bottles I've never seen above 18%. First timers I recommend the watermelon flavour shes tasty.
Great Chief where abouts in sunnybank?!
@@DannyDooo Pinelands Plaza. But if you're in the CBD and got a craving they're 13 bucks at a bottlO/K chicken shop called Charmy.
@@DannyDooo Dan's even got them but you have to pre-order by the 6 pack
The apple ones I've found in Melb are dangerous! Too easy to drink!
Whats brissy
This is my kind of culture. Love it.
the most wholesome vid ive seen in a while
Stationed in South Korea in the early 80s.I kinda remember stumbling around the Ville,trying to get back to the compound before your pass ran out,tore up on ju and romilars
C. COMPANY,702 Maintenance Bn.
2nd Infantry Division.
Camp Edwards Yong-tae-ri
Second to None.
3mi bn
Camp Humphreys
6:34 Who would have thought rubbing alcohol would compliment so many foods!
The food is to kill the shitty taste of Soju!
she got yellow fever
Joseph Vongphakdy LOOOOOOL
Charley definitely got some kimchi that night hahhahhaa
In my experience, the liquor is smooth, not very strong (like vodka but doesn't have the burn), but too damn easy to drink. Like one could probably easily drink a whole bottle during a night out.
I made the mistake of drinking this not knowing what kinda of alcoholic drink it was AND on an empty stomach. Half way through, I knew this stuff was a fun kind of a dangerous 😂😂.
My uncles ask me how many can I drink? 2? 3?
I have a soju addiction. I don’t have an alcohol problem, but when I drink, it’s almost always soju
10:11 "What's the hangover like?"
"Head pounding hangover."
"Why is that?"
"Cause that shit is ghetto as fuck."
The there brought back so many great memories I sherish from Korea. I miss Korea!!
4 years later im watching this, and now I just want to go party in Korea. I should have been Korean lmao.
looks like they had a lot of fun this was cool to see i wanna go to south Korea and party with these guys
"it's like a dollar"
import tax and customs : "best i can do is 5$"
South Korea has a drinking issue. If your country has a menu for hangover and serves anti-hangover drinks in convenient stores, then that's a sign.
The first time I got super drunk I was working at a law firm through college and I climbed up on top of a retro '84 240 wagon and screamed FUCKING VOLVOS, I HATE MY LIFE I'M A PARALEGAL
Definitely my favorite episode yet
VICE needs to do round 2 in S. Korea with this host...but this time with authentic Korean music and Korean ahnjoo.👍
Ok I’m going to Korea
I’m not even joking I’m actually buying tickets rn
Noodlz_r_dope evidence
If I were you, I wouldn’t just go straight to Korea at the moment. Air pollution is just so fucking high right now, Thanks to CHINA.
Did you go? 😂
I'd worry I'd get so fucked up I'd wake up on a park bench in pijongjang with one shoe missing tho...
great journalism
I remember once I drank soju thinking it was an aloe vera drink or green tea or something. It was apple flavoured though so it was pretty nice haha 😆
I just moved in to a neighborhood with a big Korean community. Deciding to check out all the local liquor stores, I saw a massive shelf in one of them with a ton of something called 'Soju'. It was so cheap compared to what I usually drink that I had to try it. It took a bit to acquire the taste but now I love the stuff. Jinro 24 is my favorite so far. It's not complex, sure, but it's amazing with any kind of food. Just keep it good and cold. Thanks for helping to stretch my liquor budget, soju!
@5:56 - trying to look interested and have no clue what he is saying but wondering what she just drank was safe LOL
That new York started coming out of him😂😂😂
Great journalism Vice.
“Soju I love youuuu, Soju, my friend..” 😂😂
"...and go to a grownup bar where we didn't belong." LMAO
Keith is definitely from New York using all them terms😭😂
Some type way I never felt before😂😂😂 this soju has crack in it😂😂
Keith is still around?!?! Really hope that he brings back his channel again :/
How many is the recommended bottles of soju per week. Say, 14-16.5% alcohol per volume per bottle of 360ml?
I LOVE South Korea and all it's wonderful food & drinking culture . 10/10
Soju + Cass = Me Happy : )
Memories would be coming back, but Soju wipes my memories of the previous night clear.
There's also different flavours of Soju for those who don't like the taste of the normal kind, and it literally tastes like juice with a minor aftertaste of alcohol
oh they wore headphones to hear the music. dumbass me thought they danced and partied to silence and assumed it was a thing.
Good video! Keep it going
What they subtitled as Mug shot is actually Love shot. You can see their lips as they say it. (Love the video, by the way)
Me: Plays video game everyday.
Mom: You need to go outside more.
Me: Do this every night.
Mom: WHERE ARE YOU out so late every night? Get yo ass home now!
wtf.... I can't stop watching this... I need to go back to my mother country soon... LMAO!!!
This video is 4 years old
Would you like a cookie?
thought dude in thumbnail was eddie huang. now i'm disappointed
Whose that??
Me too!!!
Pouring a drink for yourself is 7 years of badluck? lol guess im doomed.
same, its always just me and the bottle... doomed
Nah, It’s just a thing when you drink in official sets. (Ex. With your boss, etc.)
@@mikhail.k3943 phew...
Turn on subtitles during the bartender around 5:30 , your welcome
one dollar?! soju is like 10 euros in my place :(((((
I went to an AA meeting in Seoul. They gave me a chip for 12 hours sobriety
Lmfao
This made me laugh haha
That hangover is no joke - been there done that
Didn’t make it to work the next day 😭🙃
Me when a friend tries to get me drunk 7:45
Also me 8:17 hahahaha