South Korea's environment ministry announced on Thursday that traces of the African swine fever virus has been found... in the carcass of a wild boar near the Demilitarized Zone.
The discovery was made in Yeoncheon County... just 1-point-4 kilometers away from Southern Limit Line of the DMZ.
Yeoncheon is also where the disease was first confirmed about two weeks ago.
According to authorities, the wild boar could have originated from North Korea,... where an African swine fever outbreak was reported in May.
With four new cases confirmed over a 48-hour period,... the total number of affected farms stands at 13,... putting quarantine officials on high alert.
