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South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps 'Korean age' | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A baby born on Dec 31st is 1 year old, and the next day would be 2 years old ... A 2 day old baby would be considered 2 years old. Glad they decided that this was beyond odd.

[–] dotancohen 5 points 2 years ago

My daughter was born at 22:30 on December 31. In Korea she would have been considered 2 years old when she was born less than 2 hours previously.

[–] lemmein 1 points 2 years ago

Ehh, I'm sad that another country is being forced to Western standards and lose an unique part of their culture.