Tag: Muju

Picture of the Day: Snow Falls on Mt. Deokyu

First snow on southern peak

Climbers take pictures on the summit of Mount Deokyu in Muju, some 240 kilometers south of Seoul, on Nov. 11, 2016, as the season’s first snow fell on the 1,614-meter mountain, in this photo provided by the office of Mount Deokyu National Park. The first snow with a precipitation of 3 centimeters was 15 days earlier than usual. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Ice for the Ice Festival

Frozen even before ice festival

Structures set up for display for the Namdaecheon Ice Festival in Muju, North Jeolla Province, are frozen on Dec. 28, 2015, as the mercury dipped to minus 10.6 degrees C. Weather forecasters said the nation’s temperature on the day was the lowest so far this winter. The ice festival opens on Jan. 8. (Yonhap)