What is difference between Korean age and International age?

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While Westerners recall new child toddlers to be ‘zero’ years antique upon start, local Koreans truly calculate the time babies spend in their mother’s womb as a ‘12 months’ (although, technically, it's far 10 months, they spherical it as much as 365 days), so while infants are born in Korea, they may be taken into consideration to be 한 살(han sal)=”365 days vintage”. This robotically provides 12 months to the age that you'll be used to. So while someone in Korea tells you, for example, that they're 스무 살(seumu sal)=“twenty years antique”, they'll truly be 열여덟 살(yeol yeodeol sal)=”18 years antique” or 열아홉 살(yeolahop sal)=”19 years old”.

Now, why might a native Korean upload years to their ‘Western age,’ you could wonder. This is due to the fact Koreans automatically gain a year on January 1st, irrespective of whether their birthday has passed or no longer.