Time Zones

Fact #4
Korea's time zone is GMT+9:00. Minnesota is GMT-6:00 (Central Time). 
That puts Korea 14 hours ahead of Minnesota.






Comments

  1. Sara CampbellSeptember 28, 2009 at 12:28 PM

    Good to know! Does it change with DST?

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  2. UnknownSeptember 29, 2009 at 11:05 AM

    At the moment, no. I think they're considering observing it again in 2010.

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  3. Visual ReflectionsOctober 23, 2009 at 1:20 PM

    I am pretty sure we are not going to start observing DST ever they love getting up in the dark to pray and go to the market.

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  4. UnknownOctober 23, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Sounds good to me!

    ...And feel free to correct me if I post anything inaccurate about Korea :)

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  5. Visual ReflectionsNovember 18, 2009 at 12:58 AM

    According to wikipedia.com I might be wrong about this one. It seems like a big change to never have heard anyone talking about it. I'll have to ask my friend if she has heard anything about it.

    South Korea observed DST from 1948 to 1951, from 1955 to 1960, and from 1987 to 1988. South Korea does not currently observe DST. As of July 29, 2009, the South Korean government is considering re-introducing daylight saving time from April 2010.

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