PHOTOS Heavy snow in parts of Korea
Cars move slowly along the road after overnight snow in Jongno District, Seoul, Feb. 22. Seoul had 14 centimeters of snow overnight, whereas Gangwon Province had almost 1 meter of snow. The weather agency said the snow will stop in the morning on the same day for Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Gangwon Province. For the central Chungcheong provinces, the snow is expected to stop in the evening. Yonhap
A resident removes snow from a road in Jongno District, Seoul, Feb. 22. Yonhap
A man walks on a sidewalk covered with snow early in the morning in Jongno District, Seoul, Feb. 22. Yonhap
A man removes snow from his car in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Feb. 22. Yonhap
A car covered in snow drives along a road slowly in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, Feb. 22. Yonhap
People walk carefully along a road covered with snow in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, Feb. 21. Courtesy of Sokcho City
Cheong Wa Dae, the former presidential office, is nestled at the bottom of a snowy Mount Bugak in Seoul, Feb. 22. Yonhap
Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace for the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty in Seoul, is covered in snow, Feb. 22. Yonhap
Parked motorcycles are covered with snow in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Feb. 22. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
A person shovels snow on a sidewalk in central Seoul's Yongsan District, Feb. 22. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Snow covers trees and roofs in a residential neighborhood of central Seoul, Feb. 22. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
A snow-covered bus is parked at the side of a road on central Seoul's Mount Nam, Feb. 22. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
People walk beneath snow-covered tree branches in a park in central Seoul's Jung District, Feb. 22. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul