I asked two people who are very interested in Korean culture to interview them. I asked a few questions about the two people’s perceptions of Korean culture. These are the audio files of that interview.
Question1: Could you please introduce yourself?
Question2: Have you been to South Korea before?
Question3: Which Korean culture do you like the best?
Question4: What Korean culture you’d like to see change?
I’m going to tell you about Korean age culture now.
Please listen and talk to me about your thinking.
In Korea, when babies are born they are one year old, not zero. Everybody goes up one year on January first. So, you could be two years older in South Korea. For example, a baby born on December 31st would be one year old and, they would actually be two days old, but two years old.
In other words, if your birthday had passed already, then you are one year older in Korea.
If your birthday has yet to pass this year, you are two years older in Korea.
Question5: I know it is so complicated for you to understand as a foreigner. What do you think about Korean age reckoning?
I can see that you know a lot of things about Korean culture. Thank you so much for meeting with me and answering these questions today!