{"id":26282,"date":"2014-02-26T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T05:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=26282"},"modified":"2020-01-17T08:52:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:52:26","slug":"north-seeks-footandmouth-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-seeks-footandmouth-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"North Seeks Foot-and-Mouth Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>North Korea has sought assistance from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to counter a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Assistance was requested in relation to preventative and eradication measures last Sunday, Radio Free Asia reported on the 26th. This was followed by a face-to-face meeting with FAO officials in Rome during which it was agreed that a team would be dispatched to the North to assess the current situation.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>Preventative vaccines will be provided should the North request them, the FAO further confirmed.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Around $800,000 USD worth of foot-and-mouth vaccines were provided to the North in early 2012, with funds provided by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF).<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"line-height: 23px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>This most recent foot-and-mouth outbreak was first detected at the Pyongyang Pig Factory, Chosun Central News Agency announced on the 21st. &nbsp;North Korean authorities have yet to respond to South Korea&#8217;s subsequent offer of working-level talks aimed at containing further spread of the disease.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea has sought assistance from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to counter a recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. 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