All younger. Starting tomorrow, South Koreans will be a year or two younger because the country has adopted the international age calculation system, ignoring traditional calculation methods. According to a law passed last December, official documents must state the international age used in the West, which is based on the date of birth, from which years increase with each birthday.
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How it changes
In fact, the Asian country has implemented a complex system to this day. Instead, with the standardization, South Korean citizens will be a year younger, maybe two if we consider the extreme case of a child born on the last day of the year who, based on Korean age, would already live to be two.
chaos in the past
“The unified calculation system will greatly reduce social costs due to the different calculation systems used so far,” Minister of Government Legislation Lee Wan-kyu said with satisfaction, quoted by Yonhap Agency. In addition to confusion over translation from Korean (and vice versa), there have been serious issues with administering non-recommended vaccines under a certain age during the Covid-19 pandemic, prompting many to ask authorities if the age mentioned is Korean or was international.
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