She wasn't alone, though it happened for her quicker than most: Every baby born in South Korea last year became 2 on Jan. 1. The year of your birth is still incredibly important in South Korea, and lumps those linked children together for life. Young people consider themselves another year old on solar New Year's Day (Jan. 1) while older people often use the Lunar New Year's Day. Western journalists in Seoul must ask Koreans what year and month they were born to calculate their Western age for news stories. Lim's employee Choi Min Kyung, who is 26 internationally and 28 in South Korea, disagreed.

Source: Daily Mail April 12, 2019 15:45 UTC