'Irish alcoholism nature' reason for job rejection for Irish teacher in South Korea
 

A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the "alcoholism nature" of Irish people.

Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a teaching job in Seoul.

She was told by an agency that their client did not hire Irish people due to their perceived drinking habits.

Continued http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29929333

That doesn't shock me in the least. Korea is a very racist country. Openly and socially accepted racism is displayed here daily. In the neighbourhood i live in it is a bit better as people are used to seeing me now.

It is kind of messed up, for Koreans to say the Irish have a drinking problem though. Drinking is also part of Korean culture, they have mandatory drinking nights with your company. People drink daily here. I can find a businessman passed out on the street here and people do not think anything of it.

Aren't South Koreans the drunks of Asia?

IN addition to being the "asshat louts"? Probably.

I spy a bottle of Canadian on the table :drinkup:drinkup

she's wasted ehe

Thumbs-up for Molson product placement. :thumbsup

"of your kind" :1orglaugh

if it was a black person it would be international news.

Umm wait a minute...

"Black person" is not nationality or anyhow some homogenous group, like drunken Irish people are. :)