It’s nearly like counting a baby’s conception as the beginning from which to count their age. For the nine months of the pregnancy, they count that as the first year.
That is what I was told by some Koreans in Korea. Other Koreans may have a different slant on the origins of the practice.
Chinese do the same. They count the period in the womb as your first year.
Funny, this recognition doesn’t stop them from having among the highest abortion rates in the world.
I have heard that.....................