Waste of time or bonding experience: How Koreans see office parties

Year-end parties in a Korean office are typically accompanied by a significant amount of drinking, but a recent survey showed that younger office workers could be changing this trend. Some 41.2 percent of the respondents said year-end office dinners are not necessary, with 10.8 percent saying it is "not needed at all," according to a survey by Job-search platform Incruit on 888 office workers from Nov. 27 to Dec. 5. Of those who found year-end parties obsolete, 52.2 percent said it takes away pe