Korean Peninsula Diplomacy: DPRK changes time zone to match ROK

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Ties between the DPRK and South Korea continue to thaw after last week's historic summit. Pyongyang changes its time zone to sync with that of Seoul. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump says the date and location to meet DPRK leader Kim Jong Un will be announced soon. Gary Anglebrandt has more.

Korean unification appears to be syncing up. On Friday night, the DPRK moved its clocks 30 minutes forward at 11-30 PM local time, making it 12 o'clock midnight.

The decision was made during last week's summit between Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in. South Korea's presidential office later tweeted that Kim was distressed at seeing the time difference.

It reverses the DPRK's last time change in 2015, when Pyongyang moved its clocks 30 minutes in the opposite direction saying Korea's GMT-plus-9 time zone was a relic of Japanese imperialism.

Washington welcomed the development. And President Trump says where and when his meeting with Kim will take place has been set.

DONALD TRUMP US PRESIDENT "You're going to see very good things. And also, the trip is being scheduled, we now have a date and we have a location, we'll be announcing it soon."

He's scheduled to host his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on May 22nd to discuss the DPRK meeting.

Meanwhile, sports is bringing the two sides of the peninsula together again, as they did in the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.

In a surprise move on Thursday, table tennis players from both sides formed a joint team at the World Championships in Sweden. They had been scheduled to play against each other in the quarter-finals.

The three-woman team -- two from the ROK, one from the DPRK -- then went on to lose against Japan, 3-0, in the semi-finals, winning a bronze medal. But that didn't diminish their hopes for the future.

KIM SONG I DPRK TABLE TENNIS PLAYER "If I'm needed for the unified team of North and South Korea, I will happily join."

Gary Anglebrandt, CGTN.