12/9/2022
South Korea passes law to standardize how age is calculated
In South Korea, a person’s “international age” refers to the number of years since they were born, and starts at zero — the same system used in most other countries.
But when asked their age in informal settings, most South Koreans will answer with their “Korean age,” which could be one or even two years older than their “international age.”
Under this system, babies are considered a year old on the day they’re born, with a year added every January 1.
In some circumstances, South Koreans also use their “calendar age” — a kind of mash-up between international and Korean age — which consider babies as zero years old the day they’re born and adds a year to their age every January 1.
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