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Tue, October 15, 2019 | 12:31

Military to kill wild boars to prevent African swine fever spread

Hundreds of soldiers and civilian hunters will be deployed to areas bordering North Korea for operations to shoot and kill wild boars in an effort to prevent the possible spread of African swine fever (ASF), the defense ministry said Tuesday. The measure comes after a total of five wild boars have been found dead north of Seoul this month amid speculation that the highly cont...

2019-10-15 11:21

Swine fever spreads in wild boar population along DMZ

Quarantine authorities sounded a red alert over the weekend after new detections of African swine fever (ASF) among wild boars near the shared border with North Korea. On Sunday, quarantine officials confirmed two more cases of the virus in dead boars found in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, inside the civilian control line (CCL), 5 kilometers to 10 kilometers from the Southern L...

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-10-13 16:58

Electric scooter accidents on the rise

The number of accidents involving personal transportation methods, such as electric scooters and kickboards, has been on the rise, government data showed, Sunday. Many of the accidents were caused by hitting obstacles on uneven roads, so the police are requesting relevant government organizations to improve manufacturing standards of the devices.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-13 16:43

96 percent of Korean teens own smartphones

More than 95 percent of secondary school students have smartphones, and they use the devices for more than two hours a day, a report showed, Sunday. According to the report by the state-run Korea Information Society Development Institute, 95.9 percent of middle school students and 95.2 percent of high school students owned smartphones as of 2018.

Kim Rahn | 2019-10-13 11:48

Korea to join WHO's Executive Board

Korea will serve as a board member of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-10 15:52

Korea announces 48-hour standstill amid 14th African swine fever case

South Korea's agricultural ministry on Thursday announced a 48-hour lockdown on all pig farms in a town north of Seoul, where the country's 14th African swine fever (ASF) case was confirmed a day earlier. The movement ban on all pig farms in Yeoncheon, north of Seoul, went into effect earlier in the day, according to the Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Rural Affairs. Sout...

2019-10-10 10:46

Government to create swine fever buffer zone

Government to create swine fever buffer zone

The government will create 10-kilometer radius buffer zones around farms infected with African swine fever (ASF) in northwestern Gyeonggi Province, as part of efforts to stem the spread of the disease.

Bahk Eun-ji | 2019-10-09 16:30

Korea announces 48-hour standstill amid 14th African swine fever case

Sympathy for pigs

Activists from the Animal Liberation Wave stage a performance in Myeong-dong, Seoul, Sunday, to emphasize the pain of pigs that are being culled to prevent spread of African swine fever, and to call for people not to eat meat. / Yonhap

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-10-07 16:02

South Korea continues helicopter operations to fight African swine fever along DMZ

The South Korean military is continuing to spray disinfectant over the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF), starting last Friday. Disinfection efforts will continue for about a week, according to the Ministry of National Defense.

Jung Da-min | 2019-10-06 16:51

Korea reports another suspected swine fever case

South Korea reported another suspected case of African swine fever (ASF) on Sunday despite massive preventive measures across the country. The new suspected case was reported from a farm in Pocheon, just north of Seoul, according to the agriculture ministry. South Korea has been implementing seamless disinfection efforts to stem the outbreak of ASF, including extending a lock...

2019-10-06 09:45

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