South Koreans become a year or two younger as traditional way of counting age scrapped
The country has since the early 1960s used the international norm of calculating from zero at birth and adding a year on every birthday for medical and legal documents.
World's oldest known person dies aged 118
Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in southern France on Feb 11, 1904, when World War I was still a decade away.
17 going on 16: South Koreans to get younger on paper
The current system, widely known as 'the Korean age', recognises people as a year old at birth and also adds a year to their age every Jan 1 – rather than on their birth date.
NZ court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory
The Supreme Court found that the current voting age of 18 was inconsistent with the country's Bill of Rights, which gives people a right to be free from age discrimination when they have reached 16.
Korea Inc's foreign labour crunch puts older workers back in factories
The scramble for labour in South Korea, where unemployment hit a near-record low of 2.9% in July, has led to a surge in the number of elderly people in the workforce with 58% of the job increases driven by people aged 60 and older.
South Korea teachers, parents protest plan to lower school entry age to 5
The education ministry says it will lower the age in stages, beginning as early as 2025, if it gains consensus public support.
Canada region drops Covid booster eligibility age
These third shots will be available starting Dec 13, the government says, adding that it plans in January to further expand eligibility for booster doses 'based on age and risk.'
Should political leaders carry a ‘best before’ date?
'When times are good, voters usually prefer candidates who have been in the game a long time.'
