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Complex Korean age system

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Age of Kim Eun Song who was born in January, 1991

Social age: 30
- She went to school with those born in 1990 because early birthdays (January~March) enter school a year earlier

Korean age: 29
- 1-year-old as soon as you're born, you age every new year

Yearly age: 28
- Year she was born~current year

Legal (international) age: 27 (assuming that her birthday hasn't passed yet this year)
- Born with the age of 0, you age on your birthday

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Pann: Something that only exists in Korea in the world

1. [+126, -2] Let's use the legal age. I want to be younger...

2. [+126, -2] I thought they were changing the age system this year? Why are they so quiet?

3. [+94, -3] Why is our country the only one doing this? I don't get it.

4. [+62, -0] Our country is the only one where a baby born on December 31 will be two-years-old in just two days. So stupid.

5. [+35, -0] If we were to use the legal age, we have to get rid of the titles of hyung/noona/unnie/oppa, we have to call them by (name)-ssi only ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Imagine a legal 26-year-old and a 25-year-old agreeing on how to address each other, and then the 25-year-old's birthday passes and they become the same age. Then what?

6. [+32, -0] Our country can never use the legal age because of the titles like unnie/oppa ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if they're born in the same year, they'll have to consider their birthdays ㅋㅋㅋ

7. [+29, -2] I didn't realize how serious the age system was until I heard that Bentley was 3-years-old at 15 months.

8. [+22, -0] Can we please switch to the legal age?
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