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Everyone in South Korea Is About to Get One or Two Years Younger (wsj.com)
2 points by batmenace 1090 days ago
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Korean age-counting has been very weird.

Under the age system most commonly used in South Koreans' everyday life, people are deemed to be a year old at birth and a year is added every January 1, rather than on their actual birthday