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Posters pasted on a bulletin board at Songpa District Office in southern Seoul on Wednesday show guidelines related to the adoption of the international method of counting ages in Korea. [NEWS1]

Koreans excited, confused as new age calculator kicks in

Excitement and confusion remained among Koreans on Wednesday, the first day the country adopted the international method of counting ages.

2023.6.28

Government Legislation Minister Lee Wan-kyu announces the adoption of the international method of counting age starting Wednesday in a press briefing held at the government complex in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]

Koreans get a year younger as traditional age methods scrapped

Starting Wednesday, all Koreans will become at least a year younger as the country largely scraps its traditional system of counting age.

2023.6.26

'Korean age' could become a custom of the past

Korea will officially adopt the international method of counting ages starting as early as next year, moving away from its traditional system that adds at least a year.

2022.12.7

Social dilemma behind the Korean age controversy

Korea currently has not one, not two, but three age counting methods. The new Yoon Suk-yeol administration has vowed to unify all these age counting methods into one, and to make this happen as...

2022.6.6

People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok, left, and Won Hee-ryong, the head of planning for Yoon Suk-yeol's transition team, promote the idea of changing Korea's age counting system during Yoon's presidential campaign in a short-form video. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

[WHY] Social dilemma behind the Korean age controversy

Why does Korea have three different age counting methods and why has the issue come up again recently?

2022.5.7

Lee Yong-ho, chief of the presidential transition team's subcommittee for political, judicial and administrative affairs, announces plans to scrap the Korean age system in a press briefing in Tongui-dong, central Seoul, Monday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon wants to clear confusion on Koreans' ages

President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol's transition team said Monday that it plans to change the way Koreans count ages, which generally adds at least a year to the international way of counting.

2022.4.11

'Kkondae' is a term used to describe someone who patronizes younger people or junior colleagues or forces their ideologies and experiences on them. Originally a derogatory Korean slang which referred to stubborn elders, the term has evolved to represent an attitude rather than an age group. [KOREA JOONGANG DAILY]

A new generation of 'kkondae' is infiltrating Korean society

After her workplace decided to make employees adhere to a 52-hour workweek, leaving the office every day became an awkward event for a 24-year-old surnamed Lee, who is working as an intern in the finance industry and asked that her first name not ...

2021.3.16

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