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Chuseok is the harvest festival, but heat and drought threaten to leave fruit baskets light

Conditions detrimental to agriculture and a spreading fungal disease are affecting farms right before the major gift-giving season.

2026.8.25

Seoul deploys drones to defeat lovebug threat as pests infiltrate capital's southern districts

Seoul has launched emergency pest control using water-spraying drones, traps and larval treatment as lovebug complaints rise and the insects expand into the city's upscale Gangnam area.

2026.6.25

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Seoul officials spray Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, also known as BTI, an eco-friendly microbial control agent, and water at Sahmyook University in Nowon District, northern Seoul on May 7 to prevent the spread of lovebugs. [NEWS1]

A summer of lovebugs: Experts predict pest's peak activity to be late June

Korea's lovebugs are expected to peak in late June amid rising spring temperatures, the National Institute of Forest Science said Monday.

2026.5.11

Pictured is a Haemaphysalis longicornis tick, a carrier of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS). [YONHAP]

This virus has a 50% chance of killing you — and ticks that carry it are running wild

Ticks carrying a dangerous virus are proliferating in Korea, posing health risks to humans.

2025.8.8

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

In this January 2024 photo provided by The Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at a facility that breeds sterile flies in Pacora, Panama. [AP/YONHAP]

The U.S. plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work.

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot.

2025.7.2

Disinfection experts are disinfecting an accommodation in Busanjin District, Busan on Nov. 13, 2023. [SONG BONG-GEUN]

First bedbug case confirmed in Jeju

A guest at an accommodation in a recreational forest reported suspicion of bedbugs on Monday after finding a bite on their shoulder, local authorities said.

2024.2.6

Pesticides and insect repellents are displayed at a supermarket in Seoul on Wednesday. As public fear mounts over bedbugs, more people have been buying pesticides and other insect extermination and prevention supplies through online retailers and overseas direct purchases. Revenue for pesticides and insect repellents for online shopping retailers between Nov. 1 to Nov. 19 increased 110 percent on year compared to the same time period, according to online price-comparison site Danawa. [YONHAP]

Bug-eyed shoppers

As public fear mounts over bedbugs, more people have been buying pesticides and other insect extermination and prevention supplies through online retailers and overseas direct purchases.

2023.11.22

A professional exterminator works to eradicate bedbugs at a flophouse in Seongnam, southern Gyeonggi, on Monday morning. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Just 54 bedbug cases? Exterminators say there are much more.

Professional exterminators arrived Monday at a flophouse in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, to conduct a second round of bedbug exterminations. On Nov. 1., the company found evidence of bedbugs in a room where 88-year-old Mr. Kim has lived for seven years.

2023.11.19

Skin rashes and itchiness accompany bedbug bites. [KOREA DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION AGENCY]

Fear and loathing in Seoul as city combats bedbug menace

Bedbugs have appeared in most of Seoul's districts, sparking fear of public areas and facilities.

2023.11.1