PHOTOS: Snowfall blankets South Korea in early spring

By Cho Bo-hee Posted : March 4, 2025, 14:20 Updated : March 4, 2025, 14:20

SEOUL, March 04 (AJP) - A heavy snowfall swept across South Korea in early March, as spring's nascent warmth was beginning to take hold.

The incongruous juxtaposition of winter's last gasp against the budding season created a striking, if fleeting, tableau.

폭설이 내린 3일 강릉시 진고개에서 바라본 6번 국도 인근이 설국으로 변해 있다YONHAP — Route 6 viewed from Jingogae in Gangneung City after heavy snowfall, March 3, 2025/ Yonhap

폭설이 내린 3일 강릉시 진고개에서 바라본 6번 국도 인근이 설국으로 변해 있다YONHAP — Route 6 viewed from Jingogae in Gangneung City after heavy snowfall, March 3, 2025/ Yonhap

폭설이 강원 강릉시 교동의 한 공원에서 활짝 핀 매화가 눈 이불을 덮고 있다YONHAP — Plum blossoms covered in snow at a park in Gyodong, Gangneung City, March 3, 2025. Yonhap

폭설이 강원 강릉시 교동의 한 공원에서 활짝 핀 매화가 눈 이불을 덮고 있다YONHAP — Plum blossoms covered in snow at a park in Gyodong, Gangneung City, March 3, 2025. Yonhap

폭설이 내린 3일 강릉시 도심 일대가 흰 눈에 덮여 있다YONHAP — Downtown Gangneung after heavy snowfall, March 3, 2025/ Yonhap

경남 함양군 마천면 한 냇가에서 꽃망울을 터뜨린 버들강아지가 봄비를 머금고 있다 함양군 제공 — Pussy willows kissed by spring rain at a stream in Macheon-myeon, Hamyang-gun, South Gyeongsang Province/ Courtesy of Hamyang-gun Office

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