SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agricultural ministry said Friday the local consumer price of poultry products continued to rise sharply as the country continued to destroy all birds near farms infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza. Authorities have so far culled 25.4 million poultry since the first bird flu case at a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A 53-year-old man surnamed Kim was recently struck by a rare experience in his wife’s family home in Wando County, South Jeolla Province. His wife cracked open an egg to cook and discovered that it had three yolks. The egg was one of 30 that Kim’s mother-in-law bought from [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Technology allowing ordinary consumers to easily check the freshness of eggs with their smartphones has been developed, a research institute said Thursday. The new technology uses a reusable wireless sensor tag, communication unit and dynamic software to check the movement and the surrounding temperatures of an egg without cracking [...]
GANGNEUNG, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Choi Ho-jun, a 59-year-old man living in Gangneung, woke up to a chirping sound coming from his home’s veranda early Tuesday morning. Thinking that perhaps a bird had made its way into the home through an open window, Choi was in for a big surprise when he turned on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Some egg products in South Korea have been contaminated with a potentially harmful pesticide, the government said Tuesday, amid a growing health scare in Europe over tainted egg products. Some eggs at a farm with 80,000 hens in Namyangju, east of Seoul, were found to contain the pesticide fipronil [...]
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. 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 [...]