Every person in South Korea suddenly becomes a year younger
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The international system replaces one of the country's two traditional methods, where people are deemed to be a year old at birth - taking into account time spent in the womb.
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Sorry if it's a silly question, but if a child is born on december 31 just a minute before the new year, could he be 2 before the mother gets to hold him then?
This would have been the case in the past, yes. But now they changed to the international system.
That’s what it sounds like to me…
Yup.