{
  "id": 7759942,
  "title": "Owner of Michelin-Starred Restaurant Fined 15 Million Won for Using Ants as Food",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/owner-of-michelin-starred-restaurant-fined-15-million-won-for-using",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:12:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=204292"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Domestic] : The owner of a two-Michelin-starred restaurant has been fined 15 million won for using ants in some dishes. That’s around eleven-thousand U.S. dollars. The Seoul Western District Court handed down the fine on Wednesday after convicting the owner under the Food Sanitation Act, while also hitting ... [more...]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Michelin-starred Seoul restaurant fined for serving dessert topped with ants",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/michelin-starred-seoul-restaurant-fined-for-serving-dessert-topped",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:09:50.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}