Pyongyang Time

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Pyongyang Time is the official standard time used in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, and throughout the country.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Asia/Pyongyang 1
Pyongyang Time canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf standard time
time zone
appliesTo Pyongyang
territory of North Korea
capitalCityUsing Pyongyang
country North Korea
DSTObserved false
followsStandard Korea Standard Time
geographicalScope entire territory claimed by North Korea
governingAuthority North Korean government
surface form: Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
historicalChange North Korea has changed its standard time offset in the 21st century
observesDaylightSavingTime no
offsetFromCoordinatedUniversalTime +9 hours
offsetFromJapanStandardTime 0 hours
offsetFromKoreaStandardTime 0 hours
primaryCity Pyongyang
region East Asia
sameTimeAs Japan Standard Time
Korea Standard Time
timeNotation 24-hour clock
timeZoneAbbreviation KST
usedBy government of North Korea
institutions in North Korea
residents of North Korea
usedFor civil time in North Korea
official time in North Korea
usedInContext administrative activities in North Korea
broadcast schedules in North Korea
transport schedules in North Korea
UTCOffset UTC+09:00

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyongyang timeZone Pyongyang Time
Korea Standard Time IANAZoneName Pyongyang Time
this entity surface form: Asia/Pyongyang