Changing times.

• Position: North Korea establishes its own time zone - Brief article

North Korea, a reclusive Communist country run by the 30-something dictator Kim Jong Un, is backward in a lot of ways. But now it's literally gone back in time. North Korea turned its clocks 30 minutes behind those of neighboring South Korea and Japan, establishing its own time zone. "Pyongyang Time," named for North Korea's capital, took effect on August 15. That day marked the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II (1939-45), which freed Korea-then one country encompassing both North and South-from Japanese rule. The new time zone is a way of sticking it to Japan, which moved clocks forward 30 minutes when it...