How do you decide who pays for lunch?

Seoul - Two farmers fined for gambling after playing cards to settle a lunch bill have won their appeal to South Korea's highest court, a report said on Monday.

Hankyoreh newspaper said the Supreme Court overruled a lower court decision to fine the farmers about $500 (about R4 000) each for playing poker to determine who should pay for lunch.

"What is equivalent to a one-off entertainment... is a trivial act, not harmful to sound work ethics and social customs," it quoted Sunday's ruling as saying.

The men were caught by police in the southern town of Cheongdo last year. A district court had fined them 500 000 won (about R4 000).

South Koreans can legally gamble on card games only at one casino in the country.

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