North Korea is to establish its own time zone to celebrate its liberation from Japanese rule 70 years ago, state media said on Friday.
The change will reverse Japan’s intervention in 1912, two years after annexing Korea, when it moved the colony’s clocks forward by 30 minutes to bring it in line with Tokyo time.
“The wicked Japanese imperialists committed even 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,” said a decree from the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly, North Korea’s parliament, according to state media.
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