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South Korea Reports First Outbreak of African Swine Fever

South Korea is the latest country in Asia to report African swine fever has infected a swine herd, after five pigs found dead at a farm near the North Korea border tested positive. On Tuesday, Oh Soon-Min, director general and chief veterinary officer for the Animal Health Policy Bureau in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the outbreak with the World Organization for Animal Health. [Source: