Koreans set to get a year younger.

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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220411000728

The transition committee for President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Monday that it would amend laws to use international age instead of “Korean age” to reduce social and economic costs associated with allowing more than one way to count age.
Under the Korean age system, Koreans are 1 year old at birth, and they get a year older on New Year’s Day regardless of their birth date. The system is widely used, though official records usually follow the international norm that starts at zero and counts the number of years since birth.

So, if timed right a person could be two years old on the day they are born.

 

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"So, if timed right a person could be two years old on the day they are born."

That would bring up some interesting conversations. >
"So, you have a child...is she crawling yet?
"No, she's only 2 years old"

 

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I would be pissed off if I had just reached retirement age only to be told to go back to work for another year or two.

 

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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20220411000728


So, if timed right a person could be two years old on the day they are born.

Korea is a country overflowing with intelligent well educated people but this is the stupidest method of determining age I've ever heard of and I was sure it was a joke, until I read it on that newspaper website.