Capital City | Pyongyang |
Capital location | 39 01 N, 125 45 E |
Capital - history | Site of a Chinese colony in 2nd century B.C. In Korean, phyon means "plain". |
Capital - time difference |
UTC+8.5 (13.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) note: on 15 August 2015, North Korea reverted to UTC+8.5, a time zone that had been observed during pre-colonial times |
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