SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Preventive culling measures will be allowed when an epidemic such as African swine fever (ASF) sweeps through wild animal populations. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced plans to amend legislation on livestock epidemic prevention, which will come into effect on May 5. The amendment replaced a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of wild boars infected with the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus has been continuously increasing in South Korea despite a two-month hiatus from local farms, data showed Saturday. The total number of wild boars infected with the virus here has reached 41 since the first such [...]
YEONCHEON, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A tributary to the Imjin River near the inter-Korean border has been partly polluted with blood from carcasses of pigs that were killed and poorly handled during an operation to curb the spread of African swine fever (ASF). Around 47,000 pig carcasses were piled up on a truck at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean farmers are urging local authorities to make efforts to normalize pork prices here in the face of the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak, industry watchers said Saturday. The local wholesale price of pork reached 2,809 won (US$2.4) per kilogram, plunging 28.2 percent from a year earlier as [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Wild boars are posing a growing threat to South Korea’s urban dwellers lately, as the mountain animals flock in growing numbers to residential areas in search of food, destroy properties and facilities and even attack people. This year, wild boars drew fresh media attention, as the deadly African swine [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The average wholesale price of pork in South Korea plunged nearly 40 percent in October from a month earlier, as consumers shunned the meat amid the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) here, data showed Saturday. A kilogram of pork cost 2,969 won (US$2.52) as of Friday morning, down [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean quarantine authorities are implementing intensive operations to prevent the possible spread of African swine fever via wild boars, after the country confirmed the ninth case of an infected wild animal, the country’s agriculture ministry said Friday. Two wild boars found dead near the border with North Korea [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Following recent reports that wild boars were found to be carrying the African swine fever (ASF) virus, military authorities are deploying snipers in strategic points near the national border to fend off the potential carriers of a dangerous epidemic. “We deployed snipers along several points near the border on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) hiking trail on the east coast will be closed indefinitely this week as part of the government’s efforts to fight the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in inter-Korean border areas, officials said Monday. The Gangwon Province county of Goseong, about 160 kilometers northeast of [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean quarantine authorities are working hard to trace the source of the African swine fever that struck early this month as the country confirmed its ninth African swine fever (ASF) case, sparking concerns over a possibly massive spread of the deadly animal virus near the inter-Korean border. The [...]