Holding back the years: why everyone in South Korea could soon be getting younger

[Robert59]

Name: The Korean Age.

Age: Korean.


Real age: This is going to get really confusing, isn’t it?

It certainly seems that way. I promise it’s simpler than it looks. Let me ask you a question. How old were you when you were born?

That’s easy. I was zero years old. That’s great! Unless, of course, you were born in South Korea.

Why? Because then you would be one year old.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/20/everyone-in-south-korea-could-soon-be-getting-younger

 

[hawkdon]

yes, I've known about this since I was stationed in Formosa in 1960....a little strange.....

 

[Alligatorob]

I once traveled around the world going west. So I have seen one less sunrise/set. Does that make me a day younger?

Always believed it did.

Now it seems I can go to Korea and get even younger, well maybe not sure I understand the calculation.