At around 6:57 am today (Thursday), the course lift for beginners stopped at the ski resort of Deogyusan Resort in Muju-gun, Jeonbuk.

At the time of the accident, the temperature of Mt. Deogyusan was minus 1.8 degrees Celsius.

The fire department, which was notified, operated the lift manually and rescued all the cold passengers in an hour.

A police official said that some of the passengers appealed for hypothermia, but there were no serious injuries.