#KoreanAge Korean age is calculated differently than international age. When they are born, they are one year old (approximation for the 9 months they have spent in their mother’s belly). Instead of gaining one extra year on their birthday, they gain one extra year on New Year’s Day. For example, if they were born 7th of August 1979., on that day they are 1 year old. Then, 4 months later, on the 1st of January 1980. they turn two year old. And so on, adding one year every 1st of January. An interesting thing happens if a baby is born on 31st of December. On the 1st of January that baby is two years old by Korean age, but only one day old by western age! The easiest way to think about this is that Koreans count the calendar years in which you have existed, instead of counting how much time has passed since you were born. However, since most people around the world like being young, Koreans prefer using international age. Also, international age is used for legal documents.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:55:07 +0000
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