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Millions become a year or two younger as South Korea scraps traditional way of counting age (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kuontom@kbin.social to c/news@kbin.social

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South Korea switches to the international way of counting age, starting from 0 at birth and adding 1 on every birthday, instead of starting from 1 at birth and adding 1 on Jan 1st every year.

There is yet another system used in South Korea for conscription, school entrance and calculating the legal age to drink alcohol and smoke - start from 0 at birth and add 1 on every Jan 1st. This one's still in effect though.

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[–] jerome@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Everyone gets to add a year to their age after January?

Born in december, you're 2 years old in january. wack.