Quarantine

A new African swine fever (ASF) case was reported at a pig farm in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, on Thursday, marking the 16th such infection in South Korea this season. Authorities plan to conduct an epidemiological investigation, restrict access to the site, and cull all pigs at the affected farm. They will also strengthen preventive measures across the city's 87 pig farms.

31. januar 2026 Rapporteret af AI

Authorities confirmed the first foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) case in nine months at a cattle farm in Incheon on Saturday. The outbreak in Ganghwa County led to raising the alert level from "attention" to "serious" in Incheon and the nearby city of Gimpo. Experts have been dispatched to contain the spread of the disease.