Seoul's mayor, Park Won-soon, has an innovative idea on how the South Korean capital can go greener: by building high-rise hotels for insects. Won-soon, who earned a second five-year term last ...

“Bugs keep landing on my face wherever I go. I cannot live like this.” Park, a 26-year-old office worker in Seoul’s Eunpyeong district, recently decided to move.

After South Korea was hit with a lovebug infestation, social media posts and news reports shared a video falsely claiming it ...

Complaints about the bugs, which scientists believe came from southern China and have surged with rising temperatures linked to climate change, have risen sharply, Seoul city data showed.

Lovebug infestations in Seoul are rising to an all-time high. Korea Joonang Daily reported that recorded lovebug infestations doubled in 2024, with 9,296 cases reported last year compared with ...

SEOUL, South Korea — This sprawling East Asian capital is renowned for its epic commutes, hard-charging work force and money-making ethos.But Seoul’s beloved mayor, Park Won-soon, is ...

K-pop's BTS are grossed out by them. A YouTuber ate them. Hikers plough through them: South Korea is dealing with a "lovebug" invasion that experts say highlights worsening climate change.

At the peak of Gyeyangsan Mountain in Incheon, west of Seoul, public servants wearing makeshift protective gear struggled to clear piles of dead insects, as vast swarms of the bugs circled in the ...