Is it cold in Korea all year round?

South Korea is not cold all the year round.

South Korea has four distinct seasons and a continental monsoon climate. Affected by Siberian high-pressure air mass in winter, it is cold and dry. Summer is warm and humid under the influence of southeast monsoon; Spring and autumn are shorter.

The precipitation in Korea is mainly concentrated in June-August. South Korea calls June to August the rainy season, and there is little precipitation in winter. Most of South Korea is temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest; The southern coast and Jeju Island are subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests; Alpine areas are cold temperate coniferous forests.

There are often sandstorms in Korea in March and April, which is very polluting to the environment. Koreans wear masks and sunglasses when they go out in sandstorms to prevent eye diseases or colds.

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In the 1960s, the Korean economy began to take off. Since the 1970s, the per capita GNP has increased from187 USD in 962 to 10548 USD in 0996, creating a "miracle of Hanjiang River".

From 65438 to 0996, he joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and became one of the founding countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the same year. 1997 after the Asian financial crisis, the Korean economy entered a period of moderate growth.

Mainly manufacturing and service industries, the output of shipbuilding, automobile, electronics, steel, textile and other industries ranks first in the world 10. Large enterprise groups occupy a very important position in the Korean economy. At present, the major large enterprise groups are Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG and so on.

In 2008, affected by the international financial crisis, South Korea's economy declined significantly.

The South Korean government quickly adopted a series of policies including large-scale fiscal stimulus. The financial market has fully recovered, the real economy has stabilized and rebounded, and the confidence of enterprises and consumers has continued to increase, making it the first country among the members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to get out of the trough.