I love Kdrama, but why does everyone have a drinking problem?

[irmar]

It reflects the actual situation in Korea.
You may want to take this whole discussion to this thread:

Drinking in K-drama

Double standards: crinking vs smoking in k-drama: I’ve read, in articles and statistics, that Koreans are heavy smokers. Still, we don’t see any smoking in dramas and very little in films. This, probably, so that viewers don’t get a bad example. So far so good, and I like this. But… why don’t they do the same thing with drinking? There is no k-drama without a drunk scene, male or female or both. And often it’s a way for the characters to show their true feelings and be more open, so it often …