Summer stories only Korea could tell

At 11 a.m.

Monday, Seoul was placed under its first heat wave advisory of the season.

Summer has officially arrived.

The Korea Meteorological Administration expects a hotter-than-average summer this year, with heavier rainfall.

The monsoon has not fully settled in, so weeks of rain are likely before the summer heat takes over in July.

However hot, sticky or humid it gets, every Korean summer seems to leave behind a story worth telling.

To mark the start of the season, we’ve gathered seven of the ...