Harsh weather disrupts Lunar New Year flights in South Korea’s Jeju


Passengers make their way through a heavy snow to a railway station in Gwangju, South Korea on Jan 24, 2023. - Yonhap via Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters): Nearly 500 flights to and from the South Korean tourist island of Jeju have been cancelled because of harsh winter weather, authorities said on Tuesday (Jan 24), disrupting the final day of the Lunar New Year holiday for travellers.

All 466 domestic flights and 10 international flights scheduled to fly to and from Jeju International Airport were cancelled, an airport spokesman told Reuters.

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