Aug. 21, 2015
1:27 p.m.
There seems to be
some confusion about the ultimatum's exact deadline. Ju-Min Park and James
Person of Reuters report that although the ultimatum is "uncharacteristically
specific", the deadline is "around 5 p.m. (0800 GMT) on Saturday in Seoul".
Korean newspaper (use Google translate) http://www.korea-news.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=25029 pointed the deadline as 5:00 pm North Korea time (or 5:30 pm South Korea Time): 북한이 서부전선에서 벌어진 남북한 포격 사태에 따라 21일 오후 5시(남한 시간으로 오후 5시30 분)부터 전방지역에 '준전시상태'를 선포한다고 밝혔다. North Korea has said it declared a "quasi-wartime status' in the front area 17:00 (South hour 17:30) Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com