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'More than 51 million people in South Korea have woken to find themselves a
year or two younger — at least, according to the law.
Under legislation that came into effect on Wednesday, "all judicial and
administrative areas" across the East Asian country will adopt the
"international age" system used by most of the world, ending years of debate
about the problems caused by the formerly common use of "Korean age" and
"calendar age".
Standardising ages will "reduce various social confusions and disputes", said
Lee Wan-kyu, the Minister of Government Legislation, at a news briefing on
Monday.
The law, passed by South Korea's Parliament last December, is also expected to
"greatly reduce social costs that have been unnecessary due to the mixed use of
age standards," Lee said.
He said this had been a major pledge by President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took
office last May.'
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