Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea to resume beef exports to Hong Kong despite LSD outbreak

Hong Kong has granted Korea approval to resume exporting hanwoo beef, despite a recent outbreak of lumpy skin disease. Exports will resume on Wednesday.

2023-11-14

99.5% of cattle vaccinated against lumpy skin disease

The authorities have inoculated more than 4.05 million out of the country's 4.08 million cows so far to protect them against the disease, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on Thursday.

2023-11-09

Korea vaccinates 95% of its cows against lumpy skin disease following outbreak

The authorities have inoculated more than 3.85 million out of the country's 4.08 million cows so far to protect them against LSD, according to the ministry.

2023-11-07

Lumpy skin disease cases in Korea reach 61, with 4,107 cattle culled

The government plans to complete nationwide inoculations of cattle by Nov. 10, officials said Monday, as health authorities were struggling to prevent the spread of lumpy skin disease (LSD).

2023-10-30

Government vows action to stop spread of lumpy skin disease

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said the government will make every effort to prevent the further spread of lumpy skin disease on Sunday.

2023-10-29

Cowculator

Average wholesale prices for Hanwoo have rose over 10 percent within a week, after reports of the lumpy skin disease outbreak among cattle came to light.

2023-10-25

Udderly concerning

As of Monday, 17 cases of lumpy skin disease had been confirmed and 638 cattle were culled. Farmers are vaccinating their cattle against the disease, with the government planning to import 1.7 million more doses of the vaccine early next month.

2023-10-24

Meat with caution

Customers shop for meat at a supermarket in Seoul on Sunday amid reports of lumpy skin disease, an infectious disease in cattle, in Korea.

2023-10-22

Foot-and-mouth cases rise to seven in latest outbreak

Korea confirmed another foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) case in North Chungcheong, raising the total number of infections in the country to seven since the disease broke out for the first time in four years last week.

2023-05-16

Korean cows sell for less, but beef prices remain unmooved

As the price of cattle goes down, the livestock industry is struggling — but consumers are none the wiser, as the price of hanwoo, or Korean beef, remains unwaveringly expensive. Sixty-five-year-old farmer Jung Yoon-seop...

2023-01-22