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South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps 'Korean age' | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

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[–] HenriVolney 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Too bad they didn't keep their very own system of measurement which is so much more convenient than the internationally recognized and simple system... Not looking in anybody's direction

[–] merc 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Convenient for people who were brought up using it, maybe. Let's not pretend that it's objectively better.

[–] HenriVolney 1 points 1 year ago

Hi, sorry that the /s wasn't clear enough! English ls not my native language ans I sopetimes have difficulties conveying implicit elements in writing.