Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP
Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP
South Korea
This Week in Asia /  Health & Environment

South Koreans rush to eat pork as swine fever cuts supply and threatens entire industry

  • On Wednesday, tests confirmed the country’s sixth case on a farm in Ganghwa, near the border with North Korea
  • The virus decimated herds in China and other Asian countries before reaching the Korean peninsula

Topic |   South Korea
Park Chan-kyong
Park Chan-kyong

Updated: 3:30pm, 26 Sep, 2019

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Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP
Workers wearing protective suits and driving pigs to be killed at a farm in Paju. Photo: AFP
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