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Parliamentary Subcommittee Passes Bills on Scrapping ‘Korean Age’

Parliamentary Subcommittee Passes Bills on Scrapping ‘Korean Age’

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A parliamentary subcommittee on Tuesday passed a set of bills requiring the use of the international age counting system in all judicial and administrative areas, rather than the unique “Korean age” counting system. The legislative subcommittee of the National Assembly’s legislation and judiciary committee passed revisions to the Civil [...]

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

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 [...]