For some in South Korea’s capital Seoul, the heavy snowstorm introduced a wintry weather wonderland, scenes harking back to an image postcard. For others it used to be deadly. Armed with umbrellas and wrapped up in heat clothes, some braved the chilly to stroll across the grounds of town’s historic Gyeongbokgung Palace. On the identical website online a number of younger girls wore conventional hanbok attire to pose for selfies regardless of the frigid stipulations. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty PhotographsAnthony Wallace / AFP – Getty PhotographsANTHONY WALLACE / AFP – Getty ImagesThis week’s wintry weather snowstorm used to be the third-heaviest in Seoul since information started in 1907, the Yonhap information company reported Thursday, bringing up information from town. Greater than 16 inches had piled up, it mentioned.And with it got here trip chaos as dozens of flights have been canceled, ferry operations suspended and roads an icy mess. Jung Yeon-Je / AFP – Getty PhotographsAnthony Wallace / AFP – Getty PhotographsChung Sung-Jun / Getty ImagesTraffic injuries on highways east of the capital killed a minimum of two extra and police informed Reuters that 11 other folks have been injured on Wednesday night time in a 53-vehicle pile-up on a freeway within the central town of Wonju. They have been amongst 5 other folks reported lifeless. Masses of faculties have been additionally shuttered by way of the surprisingly heavy November snow that has been attributed to the warmer-than-usual temperatures of seawaters west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of chilly air.