1st LD Writethru: DPRK to reset Pyongyang time to align with South Korea
Xinhua,April 30, 2018 Adjust font size:
PYONGYANG, April 30 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will reset Pyongyang time to GMT+09:00, 30 minutes earlier than the present time, starting from May 5, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK adopted a decree "On Resetting Pyongyang Time" to "unify the times of the north and the south," the KCNA said.
The decree urged the cabinet and relevant organs to take steps to implement it, the report added.
During a summit meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at Panmunjom on Friday, DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un said he would return Pyongyang time to its previous setting so that the two Koreas would be in the same time zone again. Enditem