Bloomberg/Japan Times: North Korea may be hiding hog apocalypse from the world
SEOUL – 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. But wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster.
Three wild boars were found dead in border areas separating the two countries earlier this month before being tested positive for the viral hemorrhagic disease, officials in South Korea said. The finding reflects the freedom with which animals roam the 4-kilometer-wide (2.5 mile-wide) buffer zone that divides the nations and creates an involuntary park and refuge for fauna.
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Update: Kim Jong-Un accused of hiding deadly swine fever branded an 'apocalypse in the making' (Express.co.uk)
WNU Editor: If they are finding infected boars at the DMZ, it tells me that the entire country has been infected. Hogs provide 80% of the protein that North Koreans use and need. The loss of that food source will be devastating.
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