From the 28th, Up to 2 Years Younger! Pohang City Strengthens Promotion of Using International Age System

Implementation, School Entry Age, Alcohol & Tobacco Purchase, Military Service Remain Unchanged

Rapid Establishment of Everyday 'Full Age Usage Culture' ... Focused Promotion

Pohang City is promoting key points to minimize confusion about age and to establish a culture of using "full age" in daily life, following the full enforcement of the "Full Age Standardization Act" on the 28th.

Full Age Q&A Poster (Provided by the Ministry of Government Legislation).

"Full age" is a method of calculating age starting at 0 on the date of birth and adding one year each time the birthday passes. To calculate, subtract the birth year from the current year; if the birthday has passed at the time of calculation, use that number as is, and if the birthday has not passed, subtract one year. For example, as of now, someone born in May 1993 is 30 years old, while someone born in November 1993 is 29 years old.

Pohang City expects that with the enforcement of the "Full Age Standardization Act," unless otherwise specified, ages appearing in laws, contracts, and documents will be interpreted as full age even without the "full" notation, which should reduce legal disputes and complaints related to age interpretation that have occurred so far.

However, for school entrance age, legal age for purchasing alcohol and tobacco, military service obligations, and eligibility age for civil service recruitment exams, the city will apply the "year age" instead of full age, considering the difficulty of on-site management. Year age refers to considering all people born in the same year as the same age based on the birth year.

For example, elementary school admission will follow the existing Elementary and Secondary Education Act, enrolling children who turn 6 full years old in the year of admission on March 1 of the following year. Based on this year, children born in 2016 will enter elementary school regardless of their birthday, and next year, children born in 2017 will enter.

The timing for pension receipt and retirement age, which have traditionally been based on full age even before the enforcement of the "Full Age Standardization Act," will not change.

Ahead of the enforcement of the "Full Age Standardization Act," Pohang City announced legislative amendments on the 7th to three regulations including public official duty and emergency work rules, and 26 ordinances including the ordinance for awarding Pohang City honorary citizenship, to establish the culture of using full age.

According to the Full Age Standardization Act, unless otherwise specified, full age is implied even without the "full" notation, so the city is promoting amendments to rules and ordinances to delete the "full" notation.

Additionally, the city plans to actively promote the key points and exceptions of the "Full Age Standardization Act" to citizens through both online and offline channels to ensure smooth enforcement and rapid establishment.

A city official stated, "We will focus on promoting the key points and exceptions of the Full Age Standardization Act to ensure it is quickly settled in daily life and to minimize confusion among citizens," and added, "We hope citizens will actively use full age in their daily lives so that the use of full age can be rapidly established."

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