N. Korea to move its time zone to match Seoul's starting May 5th

Arirang News 2018-04-30

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북한, 5월 5일부터 평양시간 고치기로... "민족화해•단합의 첫 실행조치"

North Korea announced there will be no more 'Pyongyang time' starting May 5th, as the regime moves its time zone to match that of Seoul's.
According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency on Monday... that the decision was made directly by its leader Kim Jong-un... as the first move to harmonize and unify the people of the two Koreas.
North Korean time has been 30 minutes behind South Korea since August 2015, when the change, a political gesture was implemented.
On Friday during his maiden summit with Seoul, Kim decided to change the time back.
Reportedly the young leader told President Moon Jae-in that it was heartbreaking to see two different clocks showing two different time at the Peace House.

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