New time zone for DPRK sparks debate

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea will reportedly set its clocks back by 30 minutes on Aug 15 to create a new "Pyongyang time", according to the country's state news agency Korea Central News Agency on Friday. The establishment of "Pyongyang time" is aimed at ending the DPRK's connections with Japanese colonial rule before and during World War II, when the whole of the Korean Peninsula was forced to follow Japan's time zone. Comments:

It was on August 15 when President Kim Il-Sung, benefactor of national resurrection and peerless patriot, crushed the brigandish Japanese imperialists by wining a long bloody battle against them and liberating the land.

It was a day of historical significance as it put an end to the history of national sufferings and brought about a radical turn in carving out the destiny of the country and its people.