Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:
North Korea has delivered a 48-hour ultimatum to the South Korean Defense
Ministry, saying that it will respond militarily unless South Korea stops
broadcasting propaganda via loudspeakers over the border. 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".
Could the time confusion be due to the recent time zone change in North Korea?
Here is from Shanghai Daily: 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, according to an ultimatum sent Thursday via military hotline by the general staff department of the Korean People's Army to the South Korean defense ministry. Last weekend, the DPRK threatened indiscriminate strikes against the loudspeakers, which Pyongyang demanded to be dismantled. Alexander Krivenyshev, WorldTimeZone.com