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Born in 1979

A closer look at your age if you were born in 1979.

    Your age
  • International age46 or 47
  • Korean age48
  • Year age47
    • Zodiac and cycle
  • tti (Korean zodiac animal)Golden Goat
  • Sexagenary cycleGi-mi (己未年)
  • Five element Earth (土)
  • Leap yearCommon year
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Other Goat years
1943age 82-831955age 70-711967age 58-591991age 34-352003age 22-232015age 10-11

Life timeline for people born in 1979 🗓️

Key milestones by age, year by year.

  1. Born
    1979Age 0
  2. Starts elementary school
    1986Age 6-7 · elementary

    The March after turning 6 - Korean school years start in March, not September.

  3. Starts middle school
    1992Age 12-13 · middle school
  4. Can take a part-time job
    1994Age 15

    Under 15, or under 18 and still in middle school, you need an employment permit (Labor Standards Act, Art. 64).

  5. Starts high school
    1995Age 15-16 · high school
  6. Gets a resident registration card
    1996Age 17

    Issued from the first day of the month after turning 17 (Resident Registration Act).

  7. Can get a driver's licence
    1997Age 18

    Class 2 ordinary licence. Mopeds are allowed from 16 (Road Traffic Act).

  8. Can buy alcohol and tobacco
    1998Year age 19

    From January 1 of the year you turn 19 - this one uses year age, not your birthday (Youth Protection Act).

  9. Military service examination
    1998Year age 19

    Held in the year a man turns 19 (Military Service Act · year age · men only).

  10. Can vote
    1999Age 20

    Must be 18 on election day (Public Official Election Act). The voting age was 19 before 2020 and 20 before 2005.

  11. Legal adulthood
    1999Age 20

    Adulthood begins on the 19th birthday (Civil Act, Article 4). It began at 20 before July 2013.

  12. Statutory retirement ageUpcoming
    2039Age 60

    The floor employers must set, not a fixed date (Act on Prohibition of Age Discrimination · reference).

  13. National Pension startsUpcoming
    2044Age 65

    Between 63 and 65 depending on your birth year, with at least 10 years of contributions (National Pension Act · reference).

The year you were born: 1979

Here's what the world was up to that year 👀

  1. January 16🇮🇷 Iran's Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi fled to Egypt during the Islamic Revolution.
  2. March 26🕊️ Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty at the White House.
  3. March 28☢️ An accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
  4. May 4🇬🇧 Margaret Thatcher took office as Britain's prime minister.
  5. August 9✊ Workers from YH Trading staged a sit-in at New Democratic Party headquarters after their company shut down (the YH incident).
  6. October 16📢 The Bu-Ma Democratic Protests broke out on October 16 and ran through the 20th.
  7. October 26🕯️ KCIA director Kim Jae-gyu shot and killed President Park Chung-hee and presidential security chief Cha Ji-chul in what is known as the October 26 incident.
  8. December 12🎖️ The December 12 coup took place.
🎬 Films and TV from that year
Film "Do You Know Kkot-sun?"Film "A Sleep Deeper Than Death"

Source: Wikipedia · retold from the record

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Frequently asked questions ❓

In 2026, someone born in 1979 is 47 if they've already had their birthday this year and 46 if they haven't. In Korean age they're 48, and their year age is 47.
Counting from 2026, a 46-year-old was born in 1979.
1979 is the year of the Golden Goat. In the sexagenary cycle it's Gi-mi (己未), and because the heavenly stem carries the element Earth (土), the animal picks up the color Golden. One catch: the tti turns over at ipchun, around February 4, so a birthday before that counts as the previous year's animal.
No. 1979 is a common year - 365 days, and February ends on the 28th.
Korean age starts at 1 the day you're born, and everybody adds a year together on January 1 instead of on their birthday. That makes it one or two years higher than international age. Since June 2023, Korean law, contracts, and official documents all use international age, but you'll still hear Korean age in everyday conversation.

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