Tours to the Joint Security Area along the inter-Korean border will start up again after nearly a year of African Swine Fever-related closures, the United Nations Command (UNC) announced on Monday.
The tours first reportedly came to a halt in Oct. 2019, when the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) cases coming from the DPRK put South Korea’s pork livestock at risk.
Tours to the Joint Security Area along the inter-Korean border will start up again after nearly a year of African Swine Fever-related closures, the United Nations Command (UNC) announced on Monday.
The tours first reportedly came to a halt in Oct. 2019, when the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) cases coming from the DPRK put South Korea’s pork livestock at risk.
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