SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down the country's nuclear test site in May and open the process to experts and journalists from South Korea and the United States, Seoul's presidential office said Sunday. "Once we start talking, the United States will know that I am not a person to launch nuclear weapons at South Korea, the Pacific or the United States," Yoon quoted Kim as saying. The Koreas used the same time zone for decades before the North in 2015 created its own "Pyongyang Time" by setting the clock 30 minutes behind South Korea and Japan. Local time in South Korea and Japan is the same — nine hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. Yoon said that the North's decision to return to the Seoul time zone was aimed at facilitating communication with South Korea and also the United States.

Source: Philippine Star April 29, 2018 03:00 UTC