SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The first snow of the season fell on portions of Mount Seorak and Gwangdeok in South Korea’s northeastern region on Monday, nine days earlier than last year, the state weather agency said. Flakes were seen falling on Mount Seorak at about 11 a.m. while the first snow was also [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul received the first snowfall of the season Wednesday morning, about a month earlier than last year, the state weather agency said. The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said light snow was observed at the Songwol-dong weather observation station in central Seoul at 6:10 a.m. The KMA records the first [...]
SOKCHO, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The first snow of the season fell on a portion of Mount Seorak in the northeast of the country Tuesday, 15 days earlier than last year, park authorities said. Flakes began falling at about 10 a.m. around Jungcheong Shelter, 1,676 meters above sea level, according to the Seoraksan National [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The first thing that pops up in the minds of South Korean soldiers at the sight of the first snow, contrary to popular belief, wasn’t the idea of having to clean up the snow. The Korea Defense Daily, a newspaper published by the Ministry of Defense, conducted a survey [...]
CHUNCHEON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s northeastern mountainous region observed the first snowfall of the season on Thursday, with a torrential rain warning issued for parts of the east coast, the Gangwon Local Meteorological Administration said. Four centimeters of snow had accumulated by 9:00 a.m. in most parts of the high mountainous region, [...]