SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said Wednesday that it will improve the compensation payment standards for livestock culling after collecting opinions from livestock farms. Livestock culling compensation is paid to farms that cull their livestock due to domestic animal infectious diseases such as African swine fever [...]
HWASEONG, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A farm that eventually slaughtered its chickens after having resisted the government’s mass cull order resulting from the occurrence of highly pathogenic bird flu at a neighboring farm has finally brought in new chicks and resumed operations. Sanan Village Farm, located in Hwaseong, GyeonggI Province, said Tuesday that it [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Monday it plans to temporarily ease precautionary measures against bird flu as the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has slowed. The country plans to destroy the same kind of poultry within a 1-kilometer radius of infected farms for the next two weeks, when bird flu [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to support treatment for workers hired to cull livestock for disease eradication, who are known to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other extreme psychological and mental illnesses. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and Ministry of Health and Welfare accepted the proposal [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The initial reports of a suspected bird flu virus came from two farms, one in Gimje County and another in Eumseong County, on November 16. Just two months later, South Korea had culled over 32 million poultry across the country, making the latest outbreak one of the worst crisis [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A member of the Korea Association for Animal Protection held a lonely protest in front of the Seoul Government Complex on Friday, demanding that the government stop the mass culling of poultry as a primary AI-preventive measure. The man, wearing a chicken mask, held a sign that said the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea’s historic bird flu outbreak has led to the culling of over 28 million poultry. And while officials are struggling to secure the necessary manpower for the mass culling efforts, the military has so far been reluctant to offer a hand by mobilizing its troops to help out with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been over 40 days since the first report of suspected bird flu. So far, officials have culled over 27 million poultry, the largest number the country has yet to see, and although the outbreak is now showing signs of alleviation with fewer AI reports coming in, the [...]
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SEOUL, Korea, Mar 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Since mid-January when the first case of bird flu was reported, as many as 10 million chickens and ducks have been killed as part of preemptive measures to contain the spread of the epidemic. Amid the massive slaughter of the fowls, the media is quiet about the travail [...]