S. Koreans younger by a year, at least

Back a year: (Clockwise, from top left) Kim Jin-sil, an office worker, showing her age, 31, and Korean age, 33, while Choi reveals his at 79 and 80. Kim Min, a South Korean living in Australia, shows her age to be 49, and Korean age, 50. — AFP

Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger – and she’s thrilled.

South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that determines babies are aged one at birth, counting their months in the womb as their first year of life.