South Korean age system to finally be scrapped

[Retro]

And as as a result, they'll all become "younger". It was a pretty daft system as you can see here:

South Korea is to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a change that will knock one or two years off people’s ages on official documents but could take time to seep into daily life.

South Koreans are deemed to be a year old when they are born, and a year is added every 1 January. The unusual – and increasingly unpopular – custom means a baby born on New Year’s Eve becomes two years old as soon as the clock strikes midnight.

In a way though, when one is born, they could be considered 9 months old already as they did have some sort of existence developing in the womb. Still, for all practical purposes, it doesn't make sense to count it.

All South Koreans to become younger as traditional age system scrapped

June will mark end of system that deemed newborns to be a year old, with a year added every 1 January

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tiffany]

That's really interesting about South Korea! I never knew that there would even be another way to count age.....and you are right...unborn babies are "technically, in a way, 9 months old" before they come join the world. Really never thought of that either....the simple things, that can become interesting conversations.