As if North Korea weren't backwards enough, the Hermit Kingdom's about to literally go back in time.
The aggressive and insular nation's government announced Friday it plans to establish a special North Korean time zone -- or “Pyongyang time” -- and effectively turn clocks by 30 minutes, according to a report by The New York Times. Specifically, when the change takes effect August 15th, North Korea's clocks will be set a half hour behind those in South Korea and Japan. They'll also recognize 140 fewer calendar days because they're relocating to Venus, too. Or something like that.
Like with most things North Korea, the move was inspired by a grudge -- in this case, against Japan, which set the current time standard of nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time, or JST. In fact, the date of the change marks 70 years since the Korean Peninsula was released from Japanese rule, when Japan was defeated in World War II, according to the report.