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New Age Counting System Goes into Effect Without Much Disruption

SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The international age counting system was officially implemented in South Korea on Wednesday, replacing the nation’s traditional methods of counting age and making all Koreans one or two years younger. The international system counts a person’s age from zero at birth, whereas the abolished traditional systems added one or [...]

S. Korea to Adopt Int’l Age Counting System Starting Wednesday

SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will scrap its traditional method of counting age and adopt the international standard starting Wednesday, resulting in the reduction of a person’s age by one or two years on official documents, officials said. Under the revisions to the Civil Act and the General Act on Public Administration, [...]