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Kangsŏn, Noord-Korea
03:49:37 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Asia/Pyongyang
Huidige lokale tijd
03:49:37 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
KST
Asia/Pyongyang · UTC+09:00
Volgende feestdag
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Zakelijke overlap nu
4 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Kangsŏn right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
FNJ
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport · 33 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Curated airport references available for Noord-Korea
Snapshot at render time: 03:49:37 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Kangsŏn (UTC+09:00, KST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Current weather
18°C, Clear sky
Feels like 15°C · Humidity 47% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:42 AM to 07:28 PM
Day length 13h 46m · Solar noon 12:35 PM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kangsŏn local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicwoensdag 27 mei 2026
28 days to go
Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
spacezondag 31 mei 2026
32 days to go
Colombia 2026 Presidential Election
electionzondag 31 mei 2026
32 days to go
House Oversight Luna Task Force UAP Video Release
declassificationmaandag 1 juni 2026
33 days to go
Computex 2026 (Taipei)
keynotedinsdag 2 juni 2026
34 days to go
COMPUTEX 2026
keynotedinsdag 2 juni 2026
34 days to go
Population
102.4K
Coordinates
38.94, 125.58
Timezone
Asia/Pyongyang
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
1
Capital
Pyongyang
Languages
Korean
Currency
KPW (₩)
Country area
120,538 km²
For Noord-Korea, Kangsŏn (rank #28 by population in this dataset) reads KST, UTC+09:00 on the IANA zone Asia/Pyongyang, and the city's roughly 102.4K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Kangsŏn sits at 38.94°N, 125.58°E; that's the mid-latitudes (Northern Hemisphere, ~4322 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects clear seasonal daylight differences across the year.
Today the sun rises around 05:42 AM and sets around 07:28 PM in Kangsŏn — about 13h 46m of daylight. Noord-Korea stays on standard time here, so UTC+09:00 is stable through the year.
Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km from Kangsŏn) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 1 curated airport pages indexed for Noord-Korea.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
KST
IANA Zone
Asia/Pyongyang
UTC Offset
UTC+09:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-8h
New York
-13h
Los Angeles
-16h
Dubai
-5h
Singapore
-1h
Tokyo
+0h
Sydney
+1h
São Paulo
-12h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Kangsŏn.
On this page Kangsŏn stands in for the local-time signal in this part of Noord-Korea; the sections below pull live data rather than templated copy.
Reading Kangsŏn against the global hubs: Tokyo (~1,295 km), Singapore (~4,728 km), Dubai (~6,637 km) are the close ones, with São Paulo (~18,153 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Kangsŏn sits inside Noord-Korea — the Eastern Asia subregion, capital Pyongyang, languages Korean, currency KPW (₩).
The closest mapped neighbors of Kangsŏn are Man’gyŏngdae-ri (9 km), Pyongyang (18 km), Songnim-ni (20 km), Chunghwa (21 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Closest curated airport references from Kangsŏn: FNJ Pyongyang (33 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Pyongyang Sunan International AirportFNJ
Pyongyang · 33 km from Kangsŏn
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
Coordination pulse
4 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 07:49 AM | -8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 02:49 AM | -13h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 11:49 PM | -16h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 10:49 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 02:49 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 03:49 PM | +0h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 04:49 PM | +1h | Good to call now |
| São Paulo | 03:49 AM | -12h | Check the overlap widget below |
Man’gyŏngdae-ri
Noord-Korea
Approx. 9 km away
Pyongyang
Noord-Korea
Approx. 18 km away
Songnim-ni
Noord-Korea
Approx. 20 km away
Chunghwa
Noord-Korea
Approx. 21 km away
Hŭkkyo-ri
Noord-Korea
Approx. 24 km away
Namp’o
Noord-Korea
Approx. 27 km away
Sunan
Noord-Korea
Approx. 31 km away
Hwangju-ŭp
Noord-Korea
Approx. 34 km away
Kangsŏn bevindt zich in de tijdzone Asia/Pyongyang (KST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +09:00.
Kangsŏn hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Kangsŏn is UTC+09:00.
Kangsŏn sits at 38.94°N, 125.58°E in Noord-Korea, with about 102.4K residents (rank #28 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kangsŏn is Tokyo, about 1,295 km away as the crow flies.
Man’gyŏngdae-ri is the closest indexed city, roughly 9 km from Kangsŏn.
Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (FNJ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 33 km from Kangsŏn.
