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Every person in South Korea suddenly becomes a year younger (news.sky.com)
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The international system replaces one of the country's two traditional methods, where people are deemed to be a year old at birth - taking into account time spent in the womb.

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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 2 points 1 year ago

It's about time, it was so unnecessarily confusing even for the Koreans themselves.