ieeheh:
I think Korean count their age one year extra (for the time in mommy's tummy). No-rae might be 22 Western age
It's not just traditional age - 1 = international age, actually. It's that when you are born, you start off being 1 year old. Then, it increments by 1 not on your birthday, but on New Year's Day. (And I'd assume it's the traditional Asian New Year's Day, not the Western New Year.) So in theory, if you were born on the very last day of the year, on that day, you are 1 year old in the traditional calendar. Then, the next day, which is New Year's Day, you are already 2 years old in the traditional calendar.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
As for the usage of the traditional calendar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning
For official government uses, documents, and legal procedures, a chronological age system is used akin to the system used in Western countries. Regulations regarding age limits on beginning school, as well as the age of consent, are all based on a chronological system (man-nai).[16][20] The age limit for tobacco, alcohol use are after January 1st of the year one's age turns to 19.[citation needed]
So I think the traditional calendar is only use for traditional celebration purposes. For anything official, they use the international age system. So I'd assume that the stated age of 23 is an "official" age, meaning she is 23 in the international calendar.
Again, correct me if I'm wrong.
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