A shopkeeper at the agricultural and marine products market in Garak-dong offers up some warm snacks to guard against the cold weather -- hot sweet potatoes, which are a popular treat in South Korea during the winter months. Yesterday was the coldest day of the year.
Photo by Kim Myeong-jin/The Hankyoreh.
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