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46: 310: 1240: 1250: 251:, effective 15 August 2015, and said the official name would be Pyongyang Time or (PYT). The government of North Korea made this decision as a break from "imperialism"; the time zone change went into effect on the 70th anniversary of the 224:), which is similar to Pyongyang Standard Time, around the beginning of the 20th century. Some sources claim 1908, others claim 1912 and yet another claims that mean local standard time was used prior to 1908 and that 524:
After Japan took over Taiwan in 1895, the new empire was divided into two standard time zones: central and western; .... In 1912, Korea adopted the central time zone as a result of its merger with Japan in
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in North Korea as a further step in unifying Korea and eliminating differences between the South and North. The time zone change was applied at 23:30 on 4 May 2018 (
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to realign its clocks with South Korea. On 30 April 2018, the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea issued a decree about changing the
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officials worried about inconvenience in Inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, including commuting to and from the
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used Hanyang (Seoul) local time as its standard as it overcame the limitations of previous-made calendars. The
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was used as the time zone (from 1 April 1908 to 31 December 1911 and from 21 March 1954 until 9 August 1961).
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was used from 1 April 1908 to 31 December 1911 and again from 21 March 1954 to 9 August 1961. In 1912, the
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A Bridge between Conceptual Frameworks: Sciences, Society and Technology Studies edited by Raffaele Pisano
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Prior to April 1, 1908 local mean time was used; for some intervals since then, 8.5 hours after
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scientist and astronomer with other scientists, developed Korea's first sundial, Angbu Ilgu (
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Westcott, Ben; Yoonjung, Seo; Jeong, Sophie; Watkins, Eli (29 April 2018).
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Munroe, Tony; Kim, Jack (6 August 2015). Tait, Paul (ed.).
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Standard Time of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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Index

Pyongyang Standard Time
Time zone
Pyongyang Time
UTC+9:00
UTC+09:00
meridian
Date-time group
North Korea
Korean
Hancha
Korea Standard Time
UTC
UTC+09:00
South Korea
daylight saving time
Korea
sundial
water clock
Jang Yeong-sil
Joseon
Seoul
King Sejong
Korean Empire
UTC+08:30
UTC+08:30
Governor-General of Korea
UTC+09:00
Japan Standard Time
North Korean government
UTC+08:30

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