PHOTOS Freezing wind blows away choking smog

People wear thick winter coats in downtown Seoul, Wednesday. Seoul's morning low plunged to minus 9C, with a wind-chill factor of minus 14C. Temperatures across the country fell sharply from Tuesday as a freezing Siberian air mass expanded to the South, blowing away the thick, dusty smog that blanked the Korean Peninsula for five days. Yonhap

Whooper swans huddle on the surface of a frozen reservoir in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Wednesday. Yonhap

Pigeons bask in the sun at Seoul's landmark N Seoul Tower, Wednesday.

The cold has returned, bringing clear skies. Korea Times photo by Hong In-gi

Seoul's cityscape from Mt. Nam, on clear a Wednesday and a dust-filled Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Hong In-gi