Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital. The city recorded 16.1 centimeters (6.3 inches) of snow on Wednesday – the heaviest daily snowfall in November since records began in 1907, according to the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). The previous record, set in 1966, saw 9.5 cm (3.7 inches) of snow. Further heavy snow fell throughout the day and overnight; by Thursday morning parts of Yongin city, south of the capital, had recorded 47.5 centimeters (18.7 inches) of snow, according to KMA. Participants carry boxes of freshly made kimchi during a kimchi-making festival at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, held amid snowfall. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images Commercial buildings during the first snow of the season, in Seoul. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg/Getty Images Photos of the capital show trees sagging under the weight of the snow, and Seoul’s iconic…
