South Korea is finally letting go of an age counting method that no other country in the world uses. | AsiaNewsNetwork
“I think it will be remembered as one of the greatest feats of the Yoon Suk Yeol administration,” said Choi So-jin, currently in her 40s, who turned 2 in Korean age just a few days after she was born in late December and has been reluctant to mention her Korean age for years. On the day the laws are promulgated, she will gladly shed those two years.
Despite the fact that children in the same grade will go from all having the same Korean age to now having different ages, schools and parents are teaching kids that the age difference to be brought on by the law change does not suddenly make their friend or classmate “hyeong” or “eonni.” Teenagers at the high school Choi teaches at are jokingly saying that those whose birthdays haven’t passed yet have agreed to call slightly older classmates “hyeong,” and then, after their birthdays, using the casual “ya,” when calling out to a friend of the same age or someone younger.
Mentioning how the idea that life starts at conception has influenced Koreans to be more negative about abortion compared to the West, Clark said she believes the concept of Korean age will continue to play a part in Koreans’ way of thinking.
One of the school materials cites as an example the law that says a child under the age of 6 can accompany an adult passenger on a city bus for free. Depending on which counting method one follows, there can be arguments over a child who is 7 years old in Korean age, but is still 5 years old by the international system, as his birthday has not yet passed.
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