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Picture of the Day: Construction Starts on Osaek Cable Car

GIKorea | November 22, 2023

**Construction of cable cars at Mt. Seorak**
Participants, including Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (7th from R), clap during a groundbreaking ceremony for cable cars at Mount Seorak’s Osaek area in Yangyang, some 215 kilometers east of Seoul, on Nov. 20, 2023. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Snowy Mt. Halla

GIKorea | November 21, 2023

**Snow scene at Mount Halla**
A highland at Mount Halla, the highest peak in South Korea, located on the southernmost island of Jeju, is covered with snow in this photo provided by a reader on Nov. 19, 2023. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Warner Bros. Celebration in Seoul

GIKorea | November 20, 2023

Warner Bros.' centennial celebration — **Warner Bros.’ centennial celebration**
Participants look at displays featuring blockbuster films from Warner Bros. during the press opening of the Warner Bros. Centennial Celebration in Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul on Nov. 17, 2023. The exhibition is set to open the following day. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Belgian Korean War Veteran Laid to Rest in Busan

GIKorea | November 17, 2023

**Belgian Korean War vet laid to rest in S. Korea**
A burial ceremony for Belgian Korean War Veteran Leon Bosquet, as per his will, takes place at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in Busan on Nov. 15, 2023. Belgium and 15 other nations fought for South Korea under the U.N. flag against invading North Korea during the 1950-52 conflict. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Hyundai to Build EV Only Plant in Ulsan

GIKorea | November 16, 2023

**Hyundai breaks ground for EV-only plant**
This rendering, provided by the Hyundai-Kia automotive group, shows an electric vehicle plant, whose groundbreaking ceremony took place at a Hyundai plant in Ulsan, 299 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 13, 2023. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: U.S. & ROK Defense Chiefs Meet

GIKorea | November 14, 2023

**Top generals of S. Korea, U.S. meet**
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum (L) and his U.S. counterpart, Gen. Charles Q. Brown, have a conversation in an open-top vehicle while attending a welcoming event at the military training grounds of Seoul’s defense ministry on Nov. 12, 2023. It marked the first time for Brown to visit South Korea after the Senate confirmed his appointment in September. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

Jeju Island Sees Snow 18 Days Earlier Than Last Year

GIKorea | November 13, 2023

Winter is coming early to Jeju island and South Korea:

The first snow of the season fell on Mount Halla on the southern resort island of Jeju on Sunday, as the morning temperature dropped below zero across the nation, the weather agency said.

Mount Halla, the highest peak in South Korea, experienced the first snow 18 days earlier than the one recorded a year earlier, as the temperature sharply fell, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA).

South Korea was gripped by cold snaps across the nation, with the country’s northeastern Gangwon Province experiencing the coldest weather this fall.

As of 6 a.m., temperatures were minus 10.8 C on Mount Seorak of Gangwon Province and minus 7.7 C in Daegwallyeong Pass, located in a mountainous region in eastern South Korea.
Yonhap

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