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Gwangju is located in South Korea. It is positioned in “Asia / Seoul” time zone (GMT + 9), with current time: 22:24, Thursday. Unlike its time zone: 6 hour (s). Gwangju Headquarters a first-rate administrative division, population ∼1.4 million.

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