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, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is maintaining the highest level of vigilance as more confirmed cases of African swine fever (ASF) have raised concerns that the deadly animal disease may spread across the country despite all-out disinfection efforts. The agriculture ministry on Monday confirmed one more ASF case, raising the number of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea remained alert on Wednesday to stem the spread of African swine fever across the country after reporting its second confirmed case of the deadly animal disease at a farm near the heavily fortified border with North Korea. The new case at a pig farm in Yeoncheon was [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 80 percent of active sniffer dogs deployed by South Korea’s quarantine agency are cloned, data showed Monday, as activists express their concerns over potential animal abuse. According to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, 42 of its 51 sniffer dogs were cloned from parent animals as of April, [...]
BUSAN, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An investigation led by the Busan Port Authority (BPA) has revealed that foreign species are flowing into the Busan Port via empty containers shipped from overseas. The BPA conducted a one-month examination of 5,458 empty foreign containers carried out of the port last November. The investigation found live maggots, [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday issued a higher alert amid concerns over foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) spreading in the country. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said it increased the severity of the alert, to the second-highest level, after two FMD cases were reported in Anseong, 80 kilometers south [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start checking industrial products as part of efforts to prevent red fire ants from entering the country, the government said Sunday. Quarantine authorities said the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency and Korea Customs Service (KCS) have teamed up to check containers bringing in industrial goods from [...]
DAEGU, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A species of red fire ants was discovered at an apartment construction site in Daegu today, by constructions workers, prompting them to halt construction work. The day before, a total of 830 ants including a red fire ant queen, 770 worker ants and others were discovered, raising a red [...]
NAMYANGJU, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, said in a public statement that it had identified geographic locations at varying risk of outbreaks of disease through the application of big data technology. The city government charted a map of the city by combing through 2,072 civilian reports of disease carrying [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Following criticism of recurrent foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in South Korea, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Sunday that it will introduce a pilot project for a mutual aid system that will function much like a health insurance policy for cattle. The “premiums” will be split fifty-fifty [...]