South Koreans get younger as traditional age system dropped
South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that determines babies are aged one at birth, counting their months in the womb as their first year of life.
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Kim Jin-sil, an office worker, poses with a whiteboard showing her international age, 31, and her Korean age, 33, in Seoul. (AFP photo)
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Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger -- and