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brooklynite

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Fri May 4, 2018, 09:09 PM May 2018

North Korea changes its time zone to match South

Source: BBC

North Korea has changed time zone to match the South after last week's inter-Korean summit, according to state media.

At 23:30 local time (15:00 GMT) on Friday the country's clocks moved forward 30 minutes to midnight.

The reset is "the first practical step" to speed up Korean unification, the official KCNA news agency said.

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump says he has a date for his meeting with the North's leader, Kim Jong-Un.

Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44010705

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North Korea changes its time zone to match South (Original Post) brooklynite May 2018 OP
So.....does this mean he will be 30 minutes late for the meeting? dameatball May 2018 #1
Yeah that was really screwing up the bus schedules jberryhill May 2018 #2
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