North Korea confirms outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: mdnNews

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea says foot-and-mouth disease has spread across the country following its first outbreak in Pyongyang late last year.

The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that thousands of animals, including cows and pigs, have died. Agriculture Ministry official Ri Kyong Gun told KCNA that quarantine officials are working to prevent the spread of the virus.

While foot and mouth is not known to affect humans, it is highly contagious among cloven-footed animals, causing blisters on the mouth and feet.

The confirmation comes as South Korea is also struggling to halt the spread of the country's worst outbreak of the disease. South Korea has so far killed more than 3.2 million animals, mostly pigs.


Read more: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/international/news/20110211p2g00m0in013000c.html

[Systematic Chaos]

1. At first glance I thought this was a joke.

Like in foot-in-mouth disease.

edit to fix teh bracketz.

[northoftheborder]

2. This is terrible news for the Korean people.

[XemaSab]

3. As though they didn't have enough shit to put up with

:(

[WatsonT]

4. That's a bad one

killing the livestock in a starving nation ain't going to make things better. And it's unlikely to calm the ruling class down any.

[Frank Booth]

5. "While foot and mouth is not known to affect humans . . ."

Let's pray it does affect subhumans, specifically Kim Jong Il.

[Javaman]

6. Too easy. nt