Heavy snowfall in South Korea – in pictures

South Korea grapples extreme weather conditions for second day, with dozens of flights cancelled, ferry operations suspended and four people reported dead

Snow blankets cars in southern Seoul

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Visitors to the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul. More than 40cm of snow piled up in parts of the capital on Thursday morning, forcing the cancellation of more than 140 flights. Weather officials have subsequently lifted heavy snow warnings in the city centre

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A worker clears snow in front of an apartment building in Goyang

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Snow-covered bicycles parked near a subway station in Seoul

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A fallen tree blocks a road in Jinan

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A man walks through a snow-covered park in Goyang

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A worker shovels snow near a monument in remembrance of the Korean war at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul

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Cars move slowly on a major road in Suwon

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A visitor takes pictures at the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul

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A student walks across a snow-covered playground in Goyang

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A Korean Air aeroplane is parked on now-covered tarmac at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul

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A woman enjoys the snow at the Gyeongbokgung Palace

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Traffic crawls through the snow in Suwon

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Gyeongbokgung Palace is blanketed with snow

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Visitors make snowballs in front of the Gyeongbokgung Palace

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A visitor takes a selfie at the Gyeongbokgung Palace

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Visitors walk through Gyeongbokgung Palace. The snowfall was the third-heaviest in Seoul since records began in 1907

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A visitor to the Gyeongbokgung Palace. The unusually heavy November snow has been attributed to warmer-than-usual temperatures in the seas west of the Korean peninsula encountering currents of cold air

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Snow-covered persimmons hang from a branch in Seoul

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