African Swine Fever in Korea Seems to Originate from Russia and China

SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The African swine fever (ASF) virus, which has hit South Korea’s pig farmers hard over the past six months, appears to have originated from Russia and China before spreading in the inter-Korean border areas via North Korea, a state-run laboratory said Thursday. The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER), [...]