The Environment Ministry is working alongside local officials from the Gyeyang District Office, deploying equipment such as blowers, insect nets and water sprayers in a full-scale pest control operation. - AFP
SEOUL: Hundreds of Instagram posts and YouTube videos have recently spotlighted a growing nuisance across South Korea: the sudden and severe outbreak of lovebugs.
To contain what is quickly becoming a “crisis”, the Environment Ministry launched an urgent pest control operation on Friday (July 4) in Incheon’s Gyeyang Mountain area, the epicentre of this summer’s outbreak.
