Nowadays, Korean music and Korean drams are getting famous not only in East Asia but in South Asia too. There are several channels in Pakistan which are promoting Korean dramas. Additionally, numerous websites upload Korean dramas and Korean shows. So, people are interested to know about South Korean culture, now when, it has become far easier to know the culture of the Korean population. We all know that Korean people have different culture, language, and lifestyle but another interesting fact is that their age is also different than us. Yes! Korean age is different from the international age.
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Korean Age vs International Age:
In international age perspective, a child is born with an age of 0year and he/she turns 1 year old on his/her birthday but Koreans have different criteria for it. According to Koreans, a newborn baby is of 1 year and a year is added to their age on every 1st of January. So, it means, Korean age changes on 1st of January, every year and for everybody. Is not that bizarre? Just imagine if any a baby is born on 29th December, he would be of 1 year at that time and within 3 days the baby would turn 2 years old. Wow!
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What’s Your Age?
In western culture, it is a taboo to ask the age of any person, especially asking the females but Korean asks the age within the first few minutes of conversation. This is because, there are levels of politeness in Korean culture and they use different words to communicate with elders, same age person and the younger ones. Interestingly, they ask for the year of birth. Well, how to calculate your Korean age?
Find out your Korean age by the following methods:
- Add 1 into your current, if your birthday has passed in this year.
- Add 2 into your current age, if your birthday has not passed yet.
This time when you visit South Korea and anyone asks you about your Korean age, then you would have an answer.
What’s your Korean age? Share in the comment section below and keep visiting Mushawarah to know more about the different cultures in the world.
