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South Koreans become a year younger under new age-counting law

2023-06-28 02:08
Seoul scraps a centuries-old age-counting system in favour of international standards.
South Koreans become a year younger under new age-counting law

South Koreans have become a year or two younger as a new law aligns the nation's age-counting system with international standards.

The law scraps a centuries-old system that deems South Koreans one year old at birth, counting time in the womb.

The entire population also aged by a year every...