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celebratethebirthday.Attimes,thedifferencebetweentherealdateofbirthandtheregistereddateofbirthwas
morethantwoyears.Thereweremanycasesofreportingandregisteringthebirthofchildlaterthantheactual
dateofbirthtoavoidfines.Duetothecommonpracticeofthe1950sand1960s,whentherewaslittleawareness
ofaccuratebirthregistration,therearestillmanypeoplewhoselegalage,whichistheageinthefamilyregister,
andrealagearedifferent.
Thecomplicatedprocessofcorrectingthelegalageonthefamilyregisteris
Korea
alsooneofthereasonswhypeoplearereluctanttorevisetheirlegalage.To
of
correctthelegalageonthefamilyregisterunderthecurrentlaw,documents
Archives
suchasabasiccertificate,acopyofresidentregistration,acriminalinquiry
ⓒNational
record, and a family relationship certificate must be issued. In addition,
materialsforfurtherexplanationmustbeprepared,suchasabirthcertificate
issuedbyamedicalinstitution,ahospitalbirthrecord,adated100-dayorfirst-
▲SouthKoreawasoneofthepoorest
birthdaypartyphoto,astudentrecord,aletterofguaranteewrittenbyfamily
countriesintheworldinearly1960’s
aftertheKoreanwar.
oracquaintances,andanagedeterminationfromadoctor.
Ittakesapproximately1to3monthstocompleteanapplicationforpermissiontorevisethelegalage.Toissue
a revision, one should submit these documents to the family court and wait for permission. One can finally
correctthelegaldateofbirthbysubmittingtheverifiedjudgmentmadebythecourttothecommunityservice
centerwithinonemonthafterpermissionisgranted.Ofcourse,itistruethatcautionisnecessarytopreventthe
abuseofcorrection.However,thecurrentprocedureistoocomplicatedandoftencausesinconveniencetomany
people. Moreover, difficulties to obtain explanatory materials also make it difficult for people to correct their
legalage.
Prospect
Abolitionofthe“KoreanAge”andStandardizationoftheAgeCountingSystem
TheunifiedstandardforthesystemofcountingagehasbeencontinuouslydiscussedinKorea.InJune2021,13
members of parliament, including Democratic Party lawmaker Lee Jang-sup, proposed the “Age Computation
Act” at the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee. The content of this bill is to
abolishtheKoreanagecountingsystemandpromotetheuseofthestandardinternationalagecountingsystem
at all government and public institutions. Moreover, it aims to make use of the standardized international age
countingsystemineverydaylifethroughpublicity.AccordingtoLeeJang-sup’soffice,hesaid“Japanalsoused
the same age counting system as Korea, but in 1950, Japan adopted the international age counting system in
everyday life. The ‘Age Computation Act’ is proposed in response to the
Ilbo
public'sdesirethattheKoreanagecountingsystemisinconvenient,andthe
Joonboo
unifiedstandardofageisneeded.”
ⓒThe
The bill is currently in the review stage by the National Assembly Public
AdministrationandSecurityCommittee,butitseemsthatsocialconsensus
needs to be developed until it is passed. The Chief Committee staff of the
NationalAssemblyPublicAdministrationandSecurityCommitteeissueda
▲TheDemocraticPartylawmaker
reviewopiniononthisbillinNovember2021.Thestaffacknowledgedthat
LeeJang-sup,proposedthe“Age
ComputationAct”attheNational
there is a difference in age indication in the law and everyday life, but he
AssemblyinJune2021.
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