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North Korea has returned to the same time zone yesterday as South Korea, ending its own “Pyongyang Time”. The North Korean state News Agency reported that the standard times of the 2 Koreas have been reunified.
The media said the move is the first practical step for national reconciliation and unity between the 2 Koreas since the inter-Korean summit late last month.
The North created the “Pyongyang Time” in August 2015, setting its clocks 30 minutes behind South Korea and Japan to mark the 70th anniversary of liberation from Japan’s colonial rule.
During the inter-Korean summit, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his intention to synchronize his country’s time zone with Seoul.