Kim Rahn is the managing editor of The Korea Times. Since joining the company in 2003, she has covered various beats including the presidential office, Seoul city government, the Bank of Korea and the tourism industry. In 2014, she won the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) award for her coverage of the ordeals of migrant women in Korea.
FMD spreads to South Gyeongsang Province
By Kim Rahn
A pig farm in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) amid a nationwide vaccination program and quarantine efforts.
This is the first time that an FMD case has been reported in the province. The local government said it will cull 14,000 pigs at 10 farms within a 500-meter radius of the affected farm.
The latest outbreak raises the number of FMD infections to 137 across the nation. The deadly animal disease has spread almost nationwide since it was first confirmed on Nov. 29 at a farm in North Gyeongsang Province.