Alexander Krivenyshev wrote:
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=298950
Top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un chaired an emergency enlarged meeting of the central military commission of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea late Thursday, ordering frontline combined forces to enter state of war from 5 p.m. (0830 GMT) Friday.
Unless South Korea stops the propaganda broadcasts within 48 hours from 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) Thursday, the DPRK will launch military actions
This is the sort of confusion I was referring to. Those two paragraphs use two different GMT offsets. I don't blame Reuters for saying "around 5 p.m."; it's a confusing situation. Thank goodness, the ultimatum was defused by today's meeting at Panmunjom that started either 1.5 or 2 hours after the ultimatum expired (the meeting started at 18:30). So perhaps the exact deadline wasn't that important. My source for "18:30" (and I'm guessing NYT reports South Korea time): Sang-Hun C. South and North Korea hold talks to defuse border tensions. New York Times 2015-08-22. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/asia/south-korea-announces-talks-wit...