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| North Korea Sets Clocks Back 30 Minutes Creating Its Own Time Zone by Pato5(m): 1:00pm On Aug 07, 2015 |
North Korea is its own world in many ways. Now, it is getting its own time zone to match. State news agency, KCNA, has announced that North Korea will set its clocks back by 30 minutes to "Pyongyang time" on August 15--the 70th anniversary of liberation from Japan. That will reset the time to GMT+08:30, as it was before Japanese colonization. "The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its standard time while mercilessly trampling down its land with 5 000 year-long history and culture and pursuing the unheard-of policy of obliterating the Korean nation," KCNA reported on Friday. New time zone could 'cause some problems' North Koreans already have their own calendar. Instead of counting from the birth of Christ, they count from the birth of founding leader, Kim Il Sung. Kim was born in 1912 -- known in North Korea as Juche 1, making this year Juche 104. The new time will put Pyongyang half an hour behind Tokyo and Seoul. South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon-hee told a briefing on Friday that could cause some problems. "Some difficulties are likely to come in inter-Korean exchanges, including flows to and from the Kaesong Industrial Complex," he said. Jeong added it could have negative effects on inter-Korean integration in the long-term. Source: cnn www.cnn.com/2015/08/07/asia/north-korea-time-zone/index.html?sr=cnnifb |
| Re: North Korea Sets Clocks Back 30 Minutes Creating Its Own Time Zone by Eeser: 1:03pm On Aug 07, 2015 |
Good |
| Re: North Korea Sets Clocks Back 30 Minutes Creating Its Own Time Zone by Nobody: 1:15pm On Aug 07, 2015 |
my time is now |
| Re: North Korea Sets Clocks Back 30 Minutes Creating Its Own Time Zone by Pierocash(m): 1:20pm On Aug 07, 2015 |
ok noted. |
| Re: North Korea Sets Clocks Back 30 Minutes Creating Its Own Time Zone by realborn(m): 1:51pm On Aug 07, 2015 |
 Kim is a crazy leader! |
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