SEOUL: Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system Wednesday (Jun 28), so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger - and she's thrilled. South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that det
SEOUL: 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 she's thrilled.
From Wednesday South Korea will use the international system that calculates age according to a person's actual date of birth, meaning everyone will officially become a year or two younger."For people like me, who were supposed to turn 60 next year, it makes you feel like you're still young," she laughed.
Hong added, after a thoughtful pause, that he was 45 in international age and 47 under the Korean system. Lee, who is overseeing the official age change, opened a media briefing on Monday by attempting to teach the assembled Korean journalists how to determine how old they are. This means that, for example, everyone born in 2004 - whether January or December - is eligible to begin the military enlistment process from Jan 1, 2023, because they are all legally considered to have met the minimum required age of 19.
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