If you plan to fly to or from Hong Kong today, make sure you check with your airliner or the Hong Kong airport website and confirm whether there are no cancellations or delays.
As of now, the international airport in Hong Kong has been brought to its knees since more than five thousand pro-democracy demonstrators in the island nation flooded one of the busiest airhubs in the world.
The rallies in Hong Kong swelled in size as video of a female demonstrator, who was shot in the eye by police, went viral and enraged protesters.
The Hong Kong airport is expected to resume processing flights from 6 AM, Hong Kong time, 7 Korean, but it's highly recommended that travellers check with authorities first.
Our Choi Si-young with details.
According to the Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and other local media outlets, the female demonstrator was shot on Sunday by police in her right eye.
Witnesses say she was hit by a bean-bag round, and local media reported she may lose an eye.
Hong Kong police rules state such non-lethal ammunition should be shot at people's body or limbs, not at their head.
The police overreaction sparked huge protests on Monday, as thousands of demonstrators took to Hong Kong International Airport to protest the police takedown.
Their presence forced the airport to declare its temporary shutdown from Monday at 4:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday, local time.
The shutdown caused more than a hundred flights to be cancelled, including those between Hong Kong and South Korea.
South Korea's transport ministry says 23 flights were scheduled during the shutdown period, with ten cancelled and the others likely to be so as well.
The ministry estimates around a thousand people staying at Hong Kong airport on their way to South Korea are grounded, and the number could increase, especially if the rallies continue into Tuesday.
The ministry added those people could get on flights when the airport reopens on Tuesday.
If that doesn't happen, it's preparing to fly them to South Korea using regional airports in mainland China.
Choi Si-young, Arirang News.
