Heavy snow causes nationwide flight and ferry cancellations, traffic accidents spree in South Korea

Heavy snowfall across South Korea during the Lunar New Year holiday has disrupted the operation of aircraft and passenger ships. According to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety's Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 28th, as of 6 a.m. on the same day, three flights (Chi
At around 10 p.m. the previous day, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters raised the level of the heavy snow danger warning by two levels and revised it upward from "caution" to "alert."
As of 10 p.m. the previous day, 21 flights had been canceled and 56 sea routes and 70 passenger ship operations, including between Yeosu and Geomundo and Incheon and Baengnyeong Island, had been suspended.
At around 9:03 pm on the previous day, a 12-vehicle pileup occurred on the Pyeongtaek Expressway in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province. The collision occurred due to slippery snow, and two people sustained minor injuries.
Traffic restrictions were also imposed. Local road 302 in Anseong City, Gyeonggi Province, was restricted from 11 pm the previous day and was lifted at 9 am on the same day.