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Male Egg-Carrying Water Bug Named Endangered Species of the Month

SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Ministry of Environment has named the giant water bug, known as Lethocerus deyrollei, as May’s endangered wildlife species of the month, highlighting the insect’s rare and remarkable paternal behavior and its declining habitat. Once common across the country, the water bug has become increasingly rare due to [...]

How Koreans Turned into a Bunch of Insects

SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) – “Gon-choong” means insect in Korean. “Gisaeng-choong” translates into parasite. “Hae-choong” describes harmful insects. As such, ‘choong’ is a word that refers to bugs and insects in general. But its use has expanded to refer to various social groups in Korea, often to degrade, abase, and insult. According to Daumsoft, [...]