Lower the age of majority to 18 in South Korea

I have once realized that though much of the world acknowledges 18 as the age of legal adulthood and age of majority, this is not so in South Korea where the legal adult age and age of majority is 19 that confuses the international age of 18 by Korean standards. South Koreans usually graduate high school between the ages of 18 and 19 and the legal age in marry in South Korea is 18. However, I have found this age specification to be restrictive, particularly in the spheres of movies, television, and games, where the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) and Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) have uprated the rating of 18 to the rating of 19 and the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) requires the rating of 19 to be used instead of the rating of 18 in Busan due to the new South Korean law raising the legal age limit for adults and the viewing age of movies and videos that cannot be viewed by teenagers changed to those aged 19 or older and the age of viewing movies and videos that are not allowed for youth viewing changed to 19 and a partial amendment to the Film and Video Act was passed by the Korean National Assembly to align the youth age criteria with the Youth Protection Act.

This situation has prompted our earnest call on the South Korean government to change the law that is to lower the legal adult age and age of majority again from 19 to 18 and the Korean age system and new law for Koreans to follow the Chinese age system because the ancestors of Koreans were Chinese to align the voting age and legal marriage age criteria and the Korean National Assembly to pass the amendent to the Youth Protection Act and the Game Industry Promotion Act, so it's about time for the age of majority of 19 to be lowered again to 18 and the viewing age of movies and videos that cannot be viewed by teenagers changed back to those aged 18 or older and the 19 rating of movies and videos changed to the MA rating. With this change, we will align better with the majority of countries around the world. Concurrently, we would like to see the age of 19 lowered to the age of 18 by the amendment passed by the Korean National Assembly with the Youth Protection Act and this new South Korean law lowering the legal age limit to 18 for adults and the 19 rating for films, television, games, and online music videos replaced by the new MA rating and rewording it to "Restricted to mature audiences only." for films by the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) and Game Rating and Administration Committee (GRAC) that will introduce the new MA rating while the 18 rating will replace the 19 rating for Google Play in South Korea and parental accompaniment should be necessary for the 7, 12, and 15 ratings for television and the Korea Media Rating Board (KMRB) will require the new rating of MA to be used in Busan. 

This is more than a push for policy modification—it is an urge for more liberality, for young Koreans and K-Pop fans to be provided with mature content a bit earlier, which might encourage earlier intellectual and emotional maturity. The legal adult age and age of majority in South Korea was 20 but was reduced to 19 in 2011 and voting age in South Korea was 19 but was reduced to 18 in 2020. As such, your support to this cause will not merely be a signature on a petition but an endorsement for a fairer, more inclusive system that respects the cognizance of young adults.

Please sign this petition for a call to have the age of majority lowered again to 18 in South Korea for the government to change the law and the Korean National Assembly in South Korea pass the Film and Video Act and the Game Industry Promotion Act again to change the rating of 19 to the rating of MA and the Youth Protection Act to lower the age of 19 to 18, so the minimum age or legal age in South Korea will be 18 to align the voting age and legal marriage age criteria in South Korea and practice the American age system and support our endeavor for age alignment and media accessibility.