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North Korea Changes Time Zone to Match South Korea's

posted by mrpg on Saturday May 05 2018, @08:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the if-they-use-dst-it'd-be-an-act-of-war dept.

takyon writes:

North Korea has switched from the UTC+08:30 offset, which it has used since 2015, back to UTC+09:00 (Korea Standard Time), matching South Korea in a "first practical step" towards reunification:

North Korea has changed [its] time zone to match the South after last week's inter-Korean summit, according to state media. At 23:30 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday the country's clocks moved forward 30 minutes to midnight. The reset is "the first practical step" to speed up Korean unification, the official KCNA news agency said.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump says he has a date for his meeting with the North's leader, Kim Jong-Un. "We now have a date and we have a location, we'll be announcing it soon," Mr Trump told US journalists outside the White House on Friday, adding that he was expecting "very, very good things" to come out it. Mr Trump will host South Korea's president Moon Jae-in at the White House on 22 May to discuss the upcoming meeting.

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  • (Score: 1) by tftp on Saturday May 05 2018, @10:47PM

    by tftp (806) on Saturday May 05 2018, @10:47PM (#676189) Homepage
    That's where "clearly" comes into play. Wrt Obama, Kim is not in position to define what words mean. He has to play on someone's else field by someone else's rules. Goalposts have little feet and can move. The field is full of remotely controlled mines. His best bet is to discuss reunification only with President of SK, as maintaining the enmity is too important for outside countries.