Seoul residents awoke to a gleaming world of white this week, as record snowfall caused both disruption and delight across the South Korean capital.

Korea was pummeled by snow on Wednesday, with Seoul setting a 117-year record for the most snowfall in November. Another 25 cm of heavy snow was expected to fall between Wednesday evening and Thursday morning.

Many parts of South Korea were blanketed with snow for the second day running, as its capital Seoul saw its heaviest snowfall in a day for the month of November in more than 100 years. At least five people died.