BY OFFICIAL accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. It also hints at a spillover of the deadly virus from North Korea, where unofficial reports indicate the disease is spreading out of control. The FAO is awaiting approval to send a delegate to North Korea, she said in a text message Friday. Worse hungerAfrican swine fever will worsen hunger and malnutrition, said Cho Chunghi, who fled North Korea in 2011 after spending a decade working for the government’s animal disease control programme. “The fact that North Korea has reported the outbreak to an international organisation suggests the situation is probably getting out of their hands,” said Ahn Chan-il, a former North Korean soldier who defected in 1979 and now heads the World Institute for North Korea Studies.

Source: New Strait Times October 14, 2019 04:07 UTC