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SMH reports about the complicated Korean age system

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The Sydney Morning Herald explains why Korean babies born on December 31 become 2-year-olds on the next day.


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The Sydney Morning Herald explains why Korean babies born on December 31 become 2-year-olds on the next day.


If you have Korean heritage, you might have experiences of making people confused with your age because Korean age-calculating system is very different from the Western age system.

The Sydney Morning Herald reported why Korean babies born on December 31 become 2-year-olds on the next day.

That is mainly because every baby born in South Korea become 1 on the day of their birth and then get an additional year when the calendar his January 1.

The article says a lawmaker is working now to abolish the Korean age as it causes confusion and inefficiency.

[The full story is available on the podcast.]


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