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Park Wonsoon, Seoul, South Korea's mayor, made headlines recently because of his support for installing insect hotels in the city's public parks. In a July 8, 2014 article for the GlobalPost.com, Seoul city environmental advisor Yang Gyoung-gyu, explained that because the city of Seoul had developed so quickly that it lacked insect biodiversity ("Seoul's eccentric mayor is building hotels for insects. Yes, bugs" by Geoffrey Cain). So the city is adding insect habitat and living space in its overly-tidy parks and greenspaces. The critter hotels are packed with various woods and grass species for a variety of insect types. And they look pretty cool too. Unfortunately, the article also refers to Mayor Wonsoon, now in his second term, as "eccentric", "quirky", and "progressive." You can read the article at http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/south-korea/140704/seouls-eccentric-mayor-building-hotels-insects
