SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is enduring one of its harshest midwinter cold spells in years, as temperatures plunged across the country during Daehan — the final and traditionally coldest of Korea’s 24 seasonal divisions — with forecasters warning that the freeze is likely to persist through the end of the month. In [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – A sharp cold snap swept across South Korea on Thursday, sending temperatures in Seoul down to minus 8.2 degrees Celsius and driving wind chills far lower, as forecasters warned of heavy snowfall across much of the country in the days ahead. The Korea Meteorological Administration said perceived temperatures plunged [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul awoke Tuesday to the kind of cold that seems to arrive all at once, reshaping the edges of the city overnight. By dawn, the capital had slipped decisively into winter: a sharp sub-zero chill, the first of the season, settling over streets and riverbanks. According to the Korea Meteorological [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Morning temperatures in Seoul fell to minus 14 C, with apparent temperatures of minus 21.7 C, on Tuesday as the latest cold wave continued to grip South Korea countrywide. The cold wave that struck the country the previous day is expected to further freeze the nation, keeping daytime temperatures [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — An arctic cold snap swept across the country Thursday, sending apparent temperatures in Seoul to minus 22 C on the coldest morning of the season, amid forecasts the cold will continue through Friday. Temperatures plunged to minus 24.7 C in Cheorwon County, bordering North Korea, minus 20.6 C in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The first frost of the season was observed in Seoul on Monday as unseasonably cold weather continued for most parts of the country in the morning, the state weather agency said. Morning lows ranged from minus 4 C to 5 C across the country, compared with Sunday’s minus 2.6 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Temperatures in Seoul sharply dropped to nearly 1 degree Celsius on Sunday, marking the coldest morning for mid-October in 64 years, the state weather agency said. The morning low in Seoul came to 1.3 C in the day, the lowest since Oct. 19, 1957, when the figure was minus [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The cold snap that is sweeping over the Korean peninsula is creating an unusual landscape — local vendors are removing ice cream and refrigerated products from refrigerators to display outdoors. A shop owner in Seoul’s Seongbuk District recently displayed ice cream products outdoors for a discount sale, surprising consumers [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people visiting ski resorts around Seoul decreased this year due a sharp drop in temperatures, resort operators said Monday. According to the Vivaldi Park ski resort in Hongcheon, the number of visitors in January decreased 14.3 percent compared to the first month of 2017. Yongpyeong Resort, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Rivers froze, and workers hurried to their offices bundled in layers as South Korea recorded its coldest day yet this winter. The temperature dropped early Monday morning to minus 12 degrees Celsius in Seoul, with Daegwallyeong, Gangwon Province, recording minus 18 degrees. Most of the other regions on the [...]