Time in South Korea

Time in South Korea
Time zone
UTC offset
KSTUTC+09:00
Current time
04:29, 22 June 2025 KST [refresh]
Observance of DST
DST is not observed in this time zone.
Korea Standard Time
Hangul
한국 표준시
Hanja
韓國標準時
Revised RomanizationHanguk pyojunsi
McCune–ReischauerHan'guk p'yojunsi

South Korea has one time zone, Korea Standard Time (UTC+9), which is abbreviated KST. South Korea currently does not observe daylight saving time.

From May 8 to October 9 in 1988, daylight saving time was tested to better accommodate the calendar of competitions held during the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.