SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tropical nights, during which the temperature stays above 25 degrees Celsius at night, are becoming more severe in Seoul and nearby areas, a study showed Sunday. A research team from the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology analyzed daily low temperature data from 1979 to 2018, which showed [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has seen an increase in heat waves and tropical nights and a decline in cold spells over the past three decades as global warming has driven up temperatures, South Korea’s state weather agency said Tuesday. The average annual temperature in North Korea rose by 0.4 degree Celsius [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s nighttime low temperature has continued to hit a record high amid an extended heat wave, the state weather agency said Friday. The capital’s overnight lows reached 30.4 C on Thursday night, higher than the 30.3 C recorded the previous night, the Korea Meteorological Administration said. It marked the [...]