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Good morning. Many regions had the chilliest morning of the season today including here in the capital. In fact Daegwallyeong in Gangwon-do Province had the first frost of the season. But daily highs will rise fast leading to wide temperature gaps.

Plenty of autumn sunshine will make today the perfect day to go for an afternoon stroll.

Seoul and Chuncheon will get up to 22 degrees Celsius. It'll be 23 degrees for other major cities.

Tomorrow is National Foundation Day here in Korea... the weather looks promising for the national holiday. Meanwhile, southern regions will see showers for the latter half of the week.

With that, let's take a look at the international weather for viewers around the world.

Pleasant weather is in store under clear blue skies in South Korea, many parts of North Korea will also be under bright skies.

The 25th typhoon of the season, Super Typhoon Kong-rey, could pose a danger to Japan's Ryukyu Islands later this week, Korea might also be affected by the typhoon.

Those in Sydney should enjoy the sun while you can, rain is in store for the end of the week.

Heading to North America, the D.C area should see a warm October.

As for South America, the sunshine comes back to Rio de Janeiro with scorching highs.

Taking you to Europe,.. Stockholm, Berlin and Moscow will be rainy with quite chilly temperatures.

Lastly to Africa, Algiers will have a rainy Tuesday.