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The new time zone was announced by leader Kim Jong-un last week. Its state news agency KCNA said Korea’s standard time had been changed during occupation by “wicked Japanese imperialists”.
North Korea is currently nine hours ahead of GMT and in the same time zone as neighbouring South Korea and Japan.
The move has led to concerns that efforts to reduce tensions between North and South Korea could be hampered.
It could affect work at North Korea’s Kaesong industrial plant which is run by both countries.
As reported by the BBC, Unification Ministry official Jeong Joon-Hee said: “And in the longer term, there may be some fallout for efforts to unify standards and reduce differences between the two sides.”
There is no international body that approves a country’s change of time zone, as countries decide for themselves.
Last week North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un used the anniversary of the Korean War to issue a chilling threat to kill all Americans.
The bizarre North Korean leader claimed if the superpower waged war on the tiny nation they would “leave no American alive”.
The anniversary is traditionally hailed by the country as a victory over the US and South Korea.
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