June will mark end of system that deemed newborns to be a year old, with a year added every 1 January South Korea is to scrap its traditional method of counting ages and adopt the international standard – a change that that will knock one or two years off people’s ages on official documents but could take time to seep into daily life. South Koreans are deemed to be a year old when they are born, and...

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South Koreans are about to get a year or two younger, thanks to a new law passed on Thursday that aims to standardize how age is calculated in the country.

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In a country that uses different age-counting systems, South Koreans will change to an internationally recognized style. They could lose one or two years when the change goes into effect in June. (Image credit: Ahn Young-joon/AP)

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South Korea’s parliament has voted to standardise the country's age system to the international method.

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Three ways of calculating age coexist in South Korea, so lawmakers have passed a law uniting behind the world standard in an attempt to reduce confusion.

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