In June 2023, South Korea will start using the internationally recognized method of calculating age for all official documents rather than the current "Korean Age" system Abigail Adams is a Human ...

South Koreans may be getting a year or two younger after lawmakers passed a new law to standardize the way people's age is calculated. Starting in June 2023, ages reported on official documentation ...

South Korea passed a law on Thursday that scraps its traditional method of counting ages and instead adopts the international age-counting system, where age is based on birth date. Set to go into ...