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S. Korea Sees Increasing Moves to Scrap ‘Korean Age’

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Early this month, Rep. Hwang Ju-hong of the minor opposition Party for Democracy and Peace submitted a bill that has drawn surprisingly keen public attention. The proposed legislation, jointly handed in by nine other fellow lawmakers of rival parties, calls for mandatory use of the standard “international” age system [...]

South Koreans Debate Controversial ‘Korean Age’

SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are increasingly having discussions over their unique way of calculating age, which has met as much curiosity as the confusion it has generated. Known as East Asian age reckoning, many Asian countries used to follow the practice of understanding age one as the starting point of life. [...]