GANGNEUNG, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – On February 25, amidst a serene snowfall, a rare sight was captured along National Route 6 connecting Jinbu-myeon in Pyeongchang County with Yeongok-myeon in the city of Gangneung: a long-eared owl, a second-class endangered species and natural monument, perched atop a utility pole. This nocturnal bird, usually active at night, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Snow began coating parts of the country early Tuesday, with up to 3 centimeters of snow per hour forecast to hit the greater Seoul area during the evening rush hour, the state weather agency said. A heavy snow advisory was issued across the greater Seoul area as of 9 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul residents battled through the heaviest snowfall recorded for December since 1981, with more than 10 centimeters of snow dumped Saturday, as the country braces for snow and rain expected ahead of the new year. A heavy snow advisory was in effect for the entire capital, parts of Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Ski resorts and winter festival organizers in Gangwon Province are concerned with the unseasonably warm weather as they prepare for the start of the winter season. The Korea Meteorological Administration said the average temperature in the province between Nov. 1-21 stood at 8.6 degrees Celsius, which was 2 degrees [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that heavy snowfall is typically met with reactions of anxiety and frustration, rather than happiness and excitement, on social media. The National Disaster Management Research Institute conducted an analysis of 83.5 million tweets in the Korean language posted in January every year from 2013 [...]
JEJU, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Specially designed vehicles are gaining attention, clearing snow-covered roads across Mount Halla every time a snow storm sweeps over Jeju Island. The all-terrain Unimog UGE, a special truck developed by Mercedes-Benz, has been employed to clear snow in the region. Unimogs are custom-designed based on how they are going [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are purchasing sleds to ride with their children on steep hills near residential areas as the coronavirus has shut down ski resorts and other winter sport facilities. Sled sales at Lotte Mart between December 21 and Wednesday of this week were 524 percent [...]
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 [...]
ULLEUNG, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The remote Ulleung Island, 120 kilometers off the east coast of South Korea, turned white as a blanket of snow stacked up as high as 1 meter from Sunday to Tuesday. Ulleung County in North Gyeongsang Province and other local agencies made use of snowplows and excavators to clean [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The declining popularity of skiing coupled with snowless weather is forcing ski resorts to turn to alternative attractions to reaming profitable. Resorts have opened separate theme parks for visitors disinterested in skiing, while doubling efforts to ‘revive’ skiing. Yongpyong Resort in Gangwon Province reportedly sold 91,807 lift tickets this [...]