North Korea really hates Japan and South Korea, so, just to screw with things, it has decided to literally create a new time zone, “Pyongyang Time” – 30 minutes behind it’s previously shared time with the above mentioned countries.
As jewsnews.com explains:
The time zone will go into effect Aug. 15 as the nation breaks away from a standard put in place by Japan more than a century ago.
“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,” the country’s official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) said Friday.
Japan ruled over the then-unified Korea from 1910 to 1945 and set the local time for 9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) for the entire peninsula. The two Koreaswere divided into North and South after the end of World War II.
The date for the new time zone was chosen to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the nation’s liberation from Japan at the end of World War II. “It was the day of historical significance as it put an end to the history of national sufferings and brought about a radical turn in carving out the destiny of the country and its people,” KCNA said.
Seoul’s Unification Ministry said the time difference could cause minor disruptions, notably at the Kaesong industrial park on the border where South Korean managers oversee North Korean workers. It could also disrupt efforts to narrow the differences between the two nations, spokesman Jeong Joon-Hee told multiple news agencies.
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