South Korea has passed laws to scrap its traditional methods of counting age and adopt the international standard instead - which means many South Koreans are about to get a year or two younger.
At present, South Koreans have a Korean age, in which a person is one at birth and then gains a year on the first day of each new year. So a child born on 31 December would be considered two years old the next day. A separate method also exists for conscription purposes or calculating the legal age to drink alcohol and smoke. Under this system, a person's age is calculated from zero at birth and a year is added on 1 January.also uses the international method of calculating age by starting at zero at birth and adding a year on every birthday.
To end any confusion, from 23 June, the country will officially adopt the international system - at least on official documents.Yoo Sang-bum, of the ruling People Power Party, told parliament:"The revision is aimed at reducing unnecessary socio-economic costs, because legal and social disputes as well as confusion persist due to the different ways of calculating age."
I’d be far more worried about the nukes over the border than my age 🤔😂
Westerners be like: Well I’m not getting any younger Koreans be like: LOL
A shame for those about to get their pensions
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