North Korea has reported an outbreak of the livestock foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease on its soil to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Radio Free Asia said in a report on Thursday.
North Korea's agricultural ministry sent a letter to the U.N. organization on Wednesday, notifying it of the outbreak of the contagious animal disease and asking for emergency support, the media reported, citing a U.N. official.
The official did not mention the region of the outbreak nor the number of livestock that showed FMD symptoms, it added.
The organization will send experts to North Korea "at an appropriate time" to help the reclusive communist country contain the FMD disease, it said.
South Korea has been also battling with the FMD disease that has spread nationwide in the last three months and caused over 3 million livestock to be culled. (Yonhap)
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