SEJONG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Friday that it will make full efforts to control rising living costs largely driven by the worst outbreak of avian influenza here and a gain in oil prices. At an emergency economic response team meeting chaired by Vice Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Wednesday that it is importing 116,000 tons of rice – 25,000 tons for consumption and 91,036 for processing – to fulfil its WTO-regulated annual tariff-rate quota of 487,000 tons of rice. South Korea was given a 20-year grace period for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – With South Korea struggling to contain a record-breaking bird flu outbreak that has so far led to the culling of close to 20 million poultry, it may be only a matter of time until the country suffers a critical egg crisis. Lotte Mart, a discount store chain, began limiting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The unrelenting avian influenza virus, which has so far resulted in the culling of almost 20 million poultry, has even spread to Korean animal welfare-certified farms – farms that breed animals in larger open spaces or make use of organic feed – causing greater concerns over the biggest AI [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is set to face record damage from the latest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with more than 10 percent of all poultry here already slaughtered for infection or in preventive measures, a report suggested Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, over 19.9 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A different type of avian influenza (AI) has been discovered in the country, the government said Sunday, as it intensifies efforts to contain its spread. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said a new H5N8 strain of the bird flu was detected at a chicken farm located [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The first snowstorm of this winter, on Wednesday, was bad news for a lot of the residents and travelers in the affected regions, but for AI quarantine officials, who have been struggling to contain the nationwide H5N6 virus, it was a pleasant omen. More than 14 million poultry have [...]
NAIROBI, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean official has pledged to continue to help Kenyans boost agricultural output as hundreds of Kenyans expressed gratitude to Seoul for providing advanced agricultural technology. Chung Hwang-keun, head of the Rural Development Administration in South Korea, made the commitment on Tuesday in a meeting with Kenyan officials [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea quarantine officials have slaughtered more than 9.81 million poultry this winter, an official said Tuesday, the latest in a series of efforts to contain a bird flu that has ravaged chicken farms across the country. They also plan to kill an additional 2.53 million chickens and ducks [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s imports of U.S. beef jumped 47.6 percent on year in the first 10 months of this year, data showed Friday, partly because of a falling demand for pricey Korean beef amid the implementation of an anti-graft law. Imports of foreign beef are expected to further rise after [...]