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Biting Cold and Heavy Snow Hit S. Korea
Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) -- South Korea is hit hard by consecutive days of biting cold and heavy snow, according to the south Korean KBS.

An old person in the sixties, a poor waste paper collector, fell on street to die of severe cold in Talso District, Taegu City on Jan. 24.

Casualties occurred in Kijang County and So District, Pusan City that day.

Meanwhile, heavy snow hit different areas, causing more than 40 plastic houses and many domestic animal pens to collapse in South Chungchong, North and South Jolla provinces.

Jeju Island was also hit by heavy snow.

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