South Koreans' Ages to Change with New International System.
TL;DR
South Korea is scrapping its traditional age counting system and adopting the international age system, where a person's age is calculated based on their actual birth date. The change will be implemented for most social and legal contexts, but there are exceptions, such as for school admissions and military enlistment. The move aims to simplify age calculation and reduce confusion caused by different ways of counting age.
Topics:worldsociety#age-system#international-age#legal-modifications#society#south-korea#traditional-age
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