BTS's V (Kim Taehyung) becomes the face of Korea's age calculation system used by local and international media
Posted by YeontanNews123,283 pts Wednesday, January 4, 2023
One of the most confusing aspects of South Korea has been its age system, and that is thankfully about to change.
The South Korean government passed a law last month that would unify the age counting system to the international standard beginning in June of this year, removing Korea's two traditional methods of counting age.
Based on the current Korean age system, you are one year old the day you are born and age by one more year on New Year’s Day.
There are currently three main ways to calculate your age in Korea:
your actual age according to your birthday
the age according to your birth year
the Korean age that is used by everyone in Korean society
BTS member Kim Taehyung, aka V, who recently turned 27 years old, has become the face used by Korean and international media to explain the different age systems due to the circumstances of his birth date.
Taehyung was born on December 30, 1995, which means that within 2 days of being a newborn baby, he has already aged by 2 years. He has gone through three different ages in the past week.
International Age: 27 years old (on Dec. 30)
Korean Year Age: 28 years old (on Dec. 30)
Another Korean Age: 29 years old (on Jan. 1)
Due to Taehyung's overwhelming global popularity and his birth date, he has become the media's favorite celebrity to feature when explaining the Korean age system, and he has appeared in numerous media outlets in recent months.
International media publications have also used Taehyung in explaining the new Korean Age system, like BBC News in their article "Why Koreans could soon become a year younger."
Taehyung has also appeared on Mexican TV for this topic.
Kim Taehyung is the face of this world and one of the most popular idols so it’s great that they use him to calculate the age for the new system in South Korea. Borahae 💜
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NCanstay500 ptsWednesday, January 4, 2023 0
Wednesday, January 4, 2023
Truly fascinating like I’m just born and I’m already one year old. Then boom 2 days pass and I’m now 2 years old.. I would be all out of wack if someone told me this… like what do you mean I’m aging by 2 years in 2 days… Insane🔥🔥🔥 Taehyung handles this situation with grace. Taehyung’s the true definition of what it means to be young and wise. 😌😌 but I’m still so happy they are fixing this. This age system was definitely a weird idea from the beginning.
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Kim Taehyung is the face of this world and one of the most popular idols so it’s great that they use him to calculate the age for the new system in South Korea. Borahae 💜