South Koreans Embrace Youthful Transformation with New Age-Counting Law
South Korea has implemented a new law that replaces the traditional age counting system with the international method, resulting in people waking up to find themselves a year or two younger. The traditional system, where a person is considered one year old at birth and ages increase on January 1, has caused confusion and legal disputes. The change is expected to reduce such issues and has been supported by 86% of South Koreans. The traditional system was unique to South Korea and was influenced by the importance of age in the Korean language. Another age-counting system for school years and military service remains unchanged.