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21 July 2017

North Korea’s Food Production Hit by Worst Drought Since 2001
NORTH KOREA - DPR Korea's crop production for 2017, including staple rice, maize, potatoes and soybean, has been severely damaged by prolonged dry weather conditions, threatening food security for a large part of its population, according to a new FAO...

19 April 2011

Four Outbreaks of FMD in Cattle and Swine
NORTH KOREA - The North Korean veterinary authorities have reported four new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in cattle and swine....

28 March 2011

Urgent Vaccine, Equipment Needed to Contain FMD
NORTH KOREA - Around a million dollars of equipment and vaccines are urgently required to help stem outbreaks of deadly Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) in North Korea, followed by a more prolonged and concerted effort to modernize veterinary services in...

04 March 2011

FAO-OIE Team in North Korea to Help with FMD
NORTH KOREA - A team of animal health specialists from FAO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has arrived in North Korea to assist veterinary authorities there in responding to outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth disease among pigs and cattle....

11 February 2011

FMD Appears in DPRK
NORTH KOREA - A serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has occurred on livestock farms over eight cities and provinces in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). ...