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Ants on the menu? Not in Korea. Try these 10 edible insects instead.

Serving edible dried ants can land you in legal trouble in Korea, as one Michelin-starred chef is learning the hard way. However, Koreans have long eaten a variety of insects, including these 10 offerings approved by the country's food and sanitation laws.

2026.8.4

The fall webworm, known in Korea as the American white moth [NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOREST SCIENCE]

A bigger pest than the lovebugs? Korea ups warning against white moths.

Could Korea soon be grappling with an insect as troublesome as the lovebug? Perhaps, as rising temperatures fuel the spread of the fall webworm — known locally as the American white moth.

2025.7.11

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Lovebugs swarm and cling to tents at a ceremony marking the opening of the Incheon Subway Line 1 extension at Singeomdan Jungang Station in Seo District, Incheon, on June 27, 2025. [YONHAP]

Repellant lovebugs not yummy enough for birds and frogs to eat, experts warn

Birds and frogs probably won't help mitigate lovebug swarms in Korea because they are "too acidic to eat," according to experts, leaving frustrated residents to fend off the insects on their own.

2025.7.1

Tropical globe skimmer dragonflies cover a fisher on a vessel near Jeju Island in footage broadcast by JIBS on Tuesday. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Plague of dragonflies swarms resort island of Jeju. Experts say they're harmless, though.

Swarms of migratory dragonflies have descended on Jeju Island in the south in recent days, covering boats and people and causing widespread bemusement.

2024.9.11

Kids observe insect specimens at the eighth Pet Insect Competition, which takes place at Setec, or the Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convection, in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Sunday. [NEWS1]

Pet Insect Competition takes flight in SETEC

The eighth Pet Insect Competition took place at SETEC (Seoul Trade Exhibition and Convection) in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, on Sunday.

2024.6.9

Pest control workers and dormitory staff disinfect a dormitory at Keimyung University to get rid of bedbugs on Oct. 19. [YONHAP]

Pesticide-proof bedbugs now in majority of Seoul’s 25 districts

Bedbugs have made appearances in several areas in Seoul after a private pest control company carried out a total of 24 exterminations in 13 districts, more than half of Seoul’s 25 district.

2023.10.31

KEIL CEO Kim Young-wook poses by an ″egg tower″ for mealworm cultivation at the company's factory in Osong, North Chungcheong. [PARK SANG-MOON]

[INTERVIEW] Mealworm magnate seeks to corner bug-product market

Papillon’s Kitchen opened in 2015 as Seoul’s first “insect restaurant,” serving dishes made from ground bugs. Its parent company KEIL is now Korea’s largest supplier of edible insects to food, cosmetics and animal feed factories.

2021.5.17

Tag: insect

insect

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Ants on the menu? Not in Korea. Try these 10 edible insects instead.

A bigger pest than the lovebugs? Korea ups warning against white moths.

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Repellant lovebugs not yummy enough for birds and frogs to eat, experts warn

Plague of dragonflies swarms resort island of Jeju. Experts say they're harmless, though.

Pet Insect Competition takes flight in SETEC

Pesticide-proof bedbugs now in majority of Seoul’s 25 districts

[INTERVIEW] Mealworm magnate seeks to corner bug-product market