🤔 ... Ok

This is just because of the way they traditionally counted: a child would be considered 1yo when they were born and it would increase by one the at the 1st day of each year. The Korean government is slowly pushing the use of the standard way of measuring age.

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Oh so they have the power to control the earths orbit around the sun? And they weren’t sharing?

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Somebody already explained this two hours ago.

Yeah we dont do that here.

You expect me to read?

This oddly reminds me of an Onion news vid that they did on American govt. changing the definition of obesity.

Why read the article when all the info is in the comments!

I have watched enough starcraft to understand the korean age system.

So a week old newborn could be 2 years old if he was born at the end of december?

So what happens to those that are 21 in korean age when this law gets passed? Can they not drink if they revert back to 20? Lol

Spotted the american lol

Korean American lol but you aren't curious? XD I'd also ask about driving but I dont think its as impactful due to the public transit

Yes! Also, a 1 day old newborn could be a 2yo if they were born December 31st.

This is hilarious. The Georgia state flag news at the end cracked me up.

Didn't even have to read it, it had a feature to listen.

Yes they're serious because most countries don't have a drinking age of 21. So you were obviously an American.

In Korea their drinking age is 20 in Korean years, or 19 in international years.

I don't know what they will do there but in my province in the 60s the drinking age went up and was grandfathered in, so anyone that was already legal to drink, remained that way

Your honor, she said she was 18.

Well, take a guess then.

Do they choose to lower age requirements by one year or to they choose chaos?

The comment section is just an angrier, more exasperated, and more politically-motivated rendition of the article— which is how I like my news.

Exactly why go to the source when there's entertainment in the comments its like watching fox news you know what your looking at is probably bull shit but your way to entertainment to not buy into it anyway

"Chaos" lmaoooo

Realistically they would just set a date in the future where people can no longer drink at age "20". So anyone who can legally drink still can but there would be a long period without anyone new allowed to drink. People could be 1 day apart, but not allowed to drink together for 9-10 months They could also break it up multiple time to make it less extreme.

Makes sense, thanks for an actual response lol

Wow, this open my eyes. " a day old you becomes 2 years old if born on Dec 31st."

I can see why NPR is reporting on this. It furthers their biased narrative stance when it comes to abortion.

have you take your medicine?

Thousands of people that have jobs and that usually drive to it with a car are suddenly not allowed to drive anymore. People who own weapons or drugs and are suddenly minors again. People who were conscripted into the army are suddenly minors again. People who got married close to age restrictions and are now too young to be married.

Yes, chaos.

Yep, I’m here for the drama only!

Lmfao why did people downvote you for this comment. This is hilarious

Don’t know. Maybe they don’t understand sarcasm

"buased" lmao