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[komtengi]

the money isnt for fighting, its generally indicitive of the damage.... certainly made me pull my head in

[Mosley]

I've walked around w/open booze in every country in E. Asia that I've been to, even the PRC & Singapore(of course, in Singapore, what you do w/the empty container is an important issue). Never had a problem. Cops stopped me once here but I was on my way in a minute or two. Only hassle w/cops was in Japan, after I was assaulted by neo-militarists(not seriously, but assaulted nonetheless). Of course, it was ME that got the third degree from the local constabulary!

[Patong Dong]

Is it against the law to drink in public here? I thought it was fine, in fact just last night as I sat on abandoned chair in the street having a beer while my friend decided to take the plunge and visited one of the girls in the red light district a cop came by on his beat I guess, looked at me with some curiosity but didn't say a thing about the beer.

[Mosley]

The one time I was stopped by cops in the ROK, booze wasn't the issue. They de facto really could care less....

[TECO]

My supervisor in Japan told me that "open" alcohol was illegal in Japan.

but we used to walk by the cops all the time with open beer and they didn't say anything.

If I moved back to Canada, I'd really miss that about living Asia.

No matter where I go - Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan and Japan I can walk around with a can of beer and not worry about getting hassled.

[tsgarp]

On the bright side the guy who got busted will probably get over it real quick. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/15/ecstasy.memory.reut/index.html

[shawner88]

My friend got busted for hash (or the chemical in hash) in his system. He played he paid. Thrown in a jail cell with 7 other Korean guys in Seoul prison. He got lice and they shaved his head. The food was piss poor. 23 1/2 hours/day in his cell, 7 minute visits once a week with a lawyer who did nothing except take his mother's 5,000,000 won. He served his full 30 day sentence anyway, which he was given before he got the lawyer. Lost all his posessions (computer, camera, etc), his pay, and his bank account funds. Deported and can't come back for 5 years or at the discretion of immigration.

I don't sympatize with drug users here either. It's stupid. However it is very scary how easily you could be framed, seeing how there's no need for real evidence.


I was tested before in Ulsan. The cops just popped in one day at my school and told me I had to pee in a cup. All that happened was somebody reported seeing a foreigner smoking pot in a bar that I hung out in. I never knew if this was true or not. It scared the hell out of me, cause of how easy it would be to rig the test and throw me in jail. What could I really do about it?

[kangnam mafioso]

this whole deal about drug tests is crazy. do they do that in the states too?

[komtengi]

[Tiger Beer]

[Son Deureo!]

[matko]

Out of curiosity, anybody know how long marijauna can be detected in your urine after smoking?

[Tiger Beer]

[bosintang]

[komtengi]