{"id":1151856,"date":"2026-01-27T14:48:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/national\/s-korea-reports-4th-african-swine-fever-case-as-virus-spreads-nationwide\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:48:25","slug":"s-korea-reports-4th-african-swine-fever-case-as-virus-spreads-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/s-korea-reports-4th-african-swine-fever-case-as-virus-spreads-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korea reports 4th African swine fever case as virus spreads nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, Jan 27 (YONHAP\/APP): South Korea on Tuesday confirmed its fourth case of African swine fever (ASF) this year, prompting authorities to step up containment measures nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>The latest case was detected at a pig farm in the county of Yeonggwang, about 320 kilometers south of Seoul, which raises some 21,000 pigs, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The government is taking necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus, including the culling of affected pigs. It has also issued a 48-hour standstill order for all pig farms and related facilities nationwide, effective through Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The country confirmed its first ASF case of the year earlier this month in the eastern city of Gangneung after a two-month hiatus, followed by two additional cases last week in Anseong and Pocheon, both in Gyeonggi Province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As African swine fever is spreading to areas previously considered safe, the current situation is more serious than ever,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>It urged local governments, livestock-related organizations and pig farmers to implement intensive disinfection and quarantine measures.<\/p>\n<p>ASF does not affect humans but is fatal to pigs, and there is currently no vaccine or cure for the disease.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>S. Korea reports 4th African swine fever case as virus spreads nationwide<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1151863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_speechable_audio":"","_speechable_word_timings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[5785,5786],"post_template":[],"top_category":[],"class_list":["post-1151856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global","tag-swine-fever","tag-virus","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1151856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1151856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1151863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1151856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1151856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1151856"},{"taxonomy":"post_template","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_template?post=1151856"},{"taxonomy":"top_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/top_category?post=1151856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}