Tour of Panmunjom store is temporarily suspended due to outbreak of African pig cholera South Korea Oct 1 19:24
Visit to Panmunjom (Panmen Branch) on the military border that separates the north and south due to the outbreak of the swine infectious disease “African swine fever” in Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi-do), Korea, which is close to the military border with North Korea It was temporarily canceled from the day.
Panmunjom, who is on the military boundary that separates Korea and North Korea, had two North-South summits last year, and in June, the US President Trump crossed the border for the first time on the North Korean side. The tour that visits this place is popular among Japanese tourists.
Korea ’s Unification Ministry announced that this tour was temporarily suspended from the 1st.
The reason is that the Ministry of Unification explained that it is to prevent the spread of the African swine fever cholera in Gyeonggi-do Paju (Paju), which is close to the military border with North Korea.
The Ministry of Unification intends to consider the situation when the tour will resume.
In South Korea, the outbreak of African swine fever was confirmed for the first time at a pig farm in Gyeonggi-do last month, and then the infection spread to the surrounding area, and about 85,000 heads were disposed of by the morning of the day. The