South Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak

UK government says it expects disease to arrive within a year as China ditches pork tariffs

South Korea is the latest country to confirm an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), as the UK government has said it expects the disease to arrive within a year.

In the midst of what has been described as the "largest ever animal disease outbreak", China announced this week that it was ditching its pork tariffs. China, the largest pork consuming and producing country in the world, has been hit particularly hard by ASF, a disease that is fatal for pigs and extremely contagious.