South Koreans get younger as age counting system changed
Kim Jin-sil, an office worker, poses with a whiteboard showing her international age, 31, and Korean age, 33, in Seoul on June 21. From yesterday, South Korea started using the international system that calculates age according to a person’s actual date of birth.
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What you need to know:
South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that determines babies are aged one at birth, counting their months in the womb as their first year of life.
