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On 30 April 2018, the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea issued a decree about changing the time zone in North Korea as a further step in unifying Korea and eliminating differences between the South and North. [11] [12] [13] The time zone change was applied at 23:30 on 4 May 2018 . [14] [15]
Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il portraits. Visual depictions of Kim Il Sung have been commonplace in North Korea since the 1940s following the example of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong in China. The display of Kim Il Sung portraits was made mandatory at homes in the 1970s. [citation needed] In the past, they were mandatory in ...
Kim Yo Jong ( Korean : 김여정; [ 3] born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of Kim Jong Un. She is the Deputy Department Director of the Publicity and Information Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). Since September 2021, she has been a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea. [ 4][ 5]
Chosŏn-inmin wŏn. The Korean People's won, more commonly known as the North Korean won ( Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW; Korean : 조선 원) and sometimes known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won ( Korean : 조선민주주의인민공화국 원 ), is the official currency of North Korea. It is subdivided into 100 chon. The currency is ...
North Korea, [c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone .
The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time, sparking speculation about the message it sends. Portraits ...
Last year, North Korea created its own time zone, called Pyongyang Time, named after the North Korean capital, which is 30 minutes behind South Korea and Japan.
Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Sung[ d] ( / kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, - ˈsʊŋ /; [ 4] Korean : 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; [ e][ 5] 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.