June 2023 will mark the end of system that saw babies born aged one, with a year added every 1 January South Korea has passed laws to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard - a shift that will make its citizens either one or two years younger on official documents. Koreans are deemed to be a year old when born and a year is added every 1 January. It's this age most commonly cited by Koreans in everyday life.
All South Koreans to become younger as traditional age system scrapped
The Guardian - 9 Dec 2022 03:35
June 2023 will mark the end of system that saw babies born aged one, with a year added every 1 January South Korea has passed laws to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard - a shift that will make its citizens either one or two years younger on official documents. Koreans are deemed to be a year old when born and a year is added every 1 January. It's this age most commonly cited by Koreans in everyday life.
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