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I am a bit confused: wasn't the traditional mode of age reckoning mostly unofficial anyway? (I thought official documentation and laws all used the "international" age reckoning anyway.) I can't really see people just abandoning it overnight. insider.com/south-koreans-one-year-younger-plans-eliminate-korean-age-2022-4
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Also, is it wrong of me to suspect some ulterior motive rooted in kooky magical ideas—some "national astrological shift" or "a redirection of national 기" (as in "氣")—or something? Just a hunch...