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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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[โ€“] twistedtxb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, TIL.

Sucks for the Koreans that newly were able to drink alcohol / drive / vote

[โ€“] Devi@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

They said on the post that those ages stay, so kids will still be able to drink at 19 (old system) which is either 17 or 18 international depending on birthday.