time zones
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North Korea Plans To Adjust Time Zone After Spending Two Years 30 Minutes Behind South Korea
North Korea has been 30 minutes behind South Korea ever since Kim Jong Un created “Pyongyang Time” in 2015. But starting May 5, North Korea will adjust its clocks to sync with South Korea in yet another step toward normalised relations, according to state news agency KCNA and Reuters.
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North Korea Made Its Own Timezone To Tell Japan To F**k Off
North Korea is going rogue again. On August 15, the DPRK will institute a one-time-only, death-to-imperialists version of “Spring Ahead”, setting the country’s time zone back by a half hour. The new GMT +8.30 time zone will be called “Pyongyang Time”.
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Spain Might Jump Timezones To Stimulate Its Economy
If your economy isn’t doing so well, just jump into another time zone. This is the strategy pursued by Samoa, for example, which rather dramatically leapt across the International Date Line back in 2011 in order to align its work-week more closely with its Pacific neighbours; and a more local version of this might be…