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South Koreans become one year younger under new age-counting law
- oatmeal1 3y agoFrench politicians: "Write that down! Write that down!"
- mock-possum 3y ago> Previously, the most widely used calculation method in Korea was the centuries-old "Korean age" system, in which a person turns one at birth and gains a year on 1 January. This means a baby born on 31 December will be two years old the next day. Bizarre. How has that not been an issue until now?
- realg 3y agoIn Korea, most official processing has been following the international standard for a long time now, and this change just changes the age that Koreans informally and customarily count. I honestly don't understand what this policy means or why they're even doing this.