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. South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that…
SEOUL (AFP) – Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system on Wednesday, 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 determines […]
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."It feels good," Lee, a Seoul-based housewife, told AFP.
"For people like me, who were supposed to turn 60 next year, it makes you feel like you're still young," she laughed.