A shocking video of a Korean man attempting to eat a live octopus has gone viral on social media. He is trying this food for the first time, which turns into the most entertaining reactions, and the ...

On May 8, 2025, the nature documentary Octopus! was released on Prime. The underwater documentary, produced and narrated by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, tells the fascinating story of an octopus’s incredible ...

The first thing you probably should know about chef Ji Kang is that once he ate squiggling octopus tentacles in Korea. That’s hard-core dedication to local cuisine, even though he swears he’ll never ...

An 82-year-old man in South Korea had a heart attack after choking on a piece of “live octopus,” or san-nakji, a local delicacy comprised of freshly severed – and still wriggling – tentacles. Fire ...

Patricia Kelly Yeo is an LA-based writer and editor who covers food, health, wellness and (occasionally) science and travel. Ask her about her favorite omakase. In our Dining Reports, we share a ...