S. Korea on High Alert After 1st African Swine Fever Confirmed

SEJONG/SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was on alert Tuesday to prevent the spread of African swine fever after the first case of the animal disease was confirmed near the border with North Korea. The agriculture ministry announced the beginning of operations to slaughter some 4,000 pigs as a precautionary step. Kim Hyeon-soo, [...]