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 […]
Koreans became a year or two younger on Wednesday as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country s traditional method.
South Koreans became a year or two younger on Wednesday as new laws that require using only the international method of counting age took effect, replacing the country's traditional method.