The government of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) announced that it will create its own time zone—“Pyongyang time”—, reported The New York Times.

Accordingly, the country will set its clocks 30 minutes behind those of South Korea and Japan, on August 15.

On that date, North Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from the Japanese occupation, reported Gazeta.

The current time on the peninsula—nine hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time—was set by Japan.

It is noted that, after this change of time zone, North Korea will return to the time zone it had before the Japanese rule.