SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Bitter cold weather continued to grip the nation Wednesday, keeping temperatures well below zero in most regions, with Seoul’s morning low at minus 11.2 C, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The cities of Incheon and Suwon, both located in the area surrounding Seoul, also recorded morning lows [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The nation is bracing for an arctic cold wave later this week, with morning lows plummeting to between minus 19 C and minus 5 C across the country, the state weather agency said Wednesday. The season’s strongest cold wave is forecast to peak on Thursday and Friday, when the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea was gripped by a cold wave and heavy snow Saturday, with lower temperatures and more snow expected over the weekend, the state weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued heavy snow warnings for the country’s central and western areas. As of 10 a.m., the interior [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A cold wave hit South Korea on Friday, bringing morning temperatures below the freezing point in most regions, with some areas experiencing a 15 C colder morning than the previous day, according to the state weather agency. The morning lows were minus 3 C in Seoul, minus 2.7 in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A cold wave hit South Korea on Tuesday, bringing temperatures below the freezing point in some regions in the mountainous Gangwon and Gyeonggi provinces amid forecasts that even colder weather is likely to grip the nation Wednesday. Seoul also saw the coldest weather of this fall with 3.8 C, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Han River, which runs through Seoul, was declared officially frozen on Saturday for the first time in two years, the weather agency said, as South Korea has been gripped by a severe cold wave in recent days. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) announced that it has observed the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea came under the grip of the season’s harshest weather Thursday as a cold wave combined with heavy snow and strong winds brought traffic to a crawl and grounded planes and vessels. At 7 a.m., the temperature in Seoul dropped to minus 16.1 C, with a wind chill [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The coldest weather yet this winter hit South Korea on Friday, with temperatures dipping below minus 10C in many parts of the country. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) issued a cold wave alert for much of the northeastern province of Gangwon, where the mercury fell as low as minus [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A cold air mass gripped South Korea on Wednesday morning, with many regions experiencing season-low temperatures, as the weather agency issued warnings against cold weather in most areas. Among the locations, the mercury fell to record lows for the year so far of minus 4 C in Seoul, minus [...]