North Korea is shifting its time zone 30 minutes
North Korea will unify its time zone with South Korea’s on May 5th in a bid to promote the two Koreas’ reconciliation and unity, reports The Korea Herald. During a summit with President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said that his country will move its clock forward 30 minutes, back to the same time as in the South. North Korea decided to push back its standard time by 30 minutes in August 2015, claiming the move was aimed at removing the vestige of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.