Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

The naked and the cold

Some 600 runners brave subzero temperatures as the mercury dropped to minus 12 degrees Celsius (10 degrees Fahrenheit) Sunday morning to take part in the annual “naked marathon” at Daegwallyeong Pass in Pyeongchang, Gangwon.

2024-01-28

Fawning over snow

Tourists look at the snow that is covering a forest in Gangwon's highland Daegwallyeong area in Pyeongchang County on Tuesday. The area experienced heavy snowfall on Monday.

2023-12-12

Heat wave drives people to higher, cooler places

Daegwallyeong is the cool place to go in the current heat wave. Last Friday at 8 p.m., a parking lot in Daegwallyeong-myeon in Gangwon, was filled with about 100 cars. Visitors pulled out foldable tables to eat, chat and beat the heat.

2022-07-11

No match for Omicron

Tourists take a look at snow sculptures on display in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon, on Sunday, after the Daegwallyeong Snow Festival was canceled as Omicron variant infections surged.

2022-02-06