Episode 746 • • 2:16:23 - 2:21:50
746: Thermostat Placebo
North Korea Time Zone, Japanese Colonial History
North Korea announced the creation of "Pyongyang Time," setting its clocks back 30 minutes to break from the time zone imposed during Japanese colonial rule. While media outlets portrayed the move as erratic, historical context shows it is a return to the original Korean time zone used before 1910.