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Juche (KST)

EpochConfidenceAssociated with
31 December 1911 CE, +15:00:00ExactPyongyang

Overview

The Juche calendar was a Gregorian-derived calendar used in North Korea. It represented the number of years since the birth year of Kim Il Sung, the founder of the DPRK, and was used from 1997 to 2024.

Info

Juche refers to the specific ideology of the Worker's Party of Korea and is related to Marxist-Leninism.

Weekdays
Sunday일요일
Monday월요일
Tuesday화요일
Wednesday수요일
Thursday목요일
Friday금요일
Saturday토요일

Accuracy

The Juche calendar is intrinsically based on and locked to the Gregorian calendar, making it perfectly accurate.

Dependencies
Gregorian

Source

Common Source

Wikipedia article

Primary Sources

Koryo Tours website