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North Korean computers can use new time zone: ex-Google employee
By KH디지털2Published : Nov. 3, 2015 - 11:17
North Korean computers can use the country's newly established time zone, according to a former Google employee.
Will Scott, who bought a copy of North Korea's "Red Star 3" computer operating system during a visit to Pyongyang, captured images of its on-screen appearance and posted them in an article dated Nov. 1 in Business Insider.
"When installing Red Star 3, you're prompted to select a city for your time zone," reads the article. "Interestingly enough, Seoul, South Korea, isn't an option."
The accompanying image shows that "Joseon-Pyongyang" is an option, the North Korean names for the country and its capital city.
The communist country adopted its own time zone on Aug. 15, calling it a patriotic act that removes the vestiges of Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula and a proper measure in scientific terms.
The new time zone puts North Korea 30 minutes behind South Korea. (Yonhap)
