BEIJING: China is expected to see another bumper grain harvest as machine harvesting proceeds across the nation, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Ministry said recently.
FEATURE: Young local creators changing fate of small South Korean cities
Mungyeong, a small city of 71,000 in the central part of South Korea, welcomed about 80,000 visitors last year thanks to the efforts of a group of intrepid young entrepreneurs, attracting attention as a successful model for combating rural depopulation.
On a sunny spring day, in the retro-looking cafe, many visitors could be seen soaking up the relaxed atmosphere. Some were attentively viewing wall displays showing the history of how the cafe transformed from what was long ago a Korean sake brewery.
Photo taken in May 2021 shows a cafe transformed from a Korean sake brewery in Mungyeong, South Korea. (Kyodo)
SEOUL, May 5 (Bernama): South Korea s agricultural ministry said Wednesday it has operated 88 chartered flights to Singapore since December last year to help local strawberry farmers facing troubles in shipping their produce amid the new coronavirus pandemic.
Through the agreement with Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea operated four chartered flights a week to carry a total of 958 tons of strawberries to the Southeast Asian country over the December-April period,
Yonhap news agency quoting the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ministry said.
In terms of value, the amount shipped reached US$15.2 million, up 21 percent from the same period a year earlier.
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South Korean authorities have culled 28.8 million poultry so far. The country has been culling birds within a 1km radius of infected farms since mid-February, which was eased from the previous guideline of 3km. – EPA pic, February 25, 2021.
SOUTH Korea’s agricultural ministry said today it has confirmed yet another case of highly pathogenic bird flu, raising the total caseload to 102, Yonhap news agency reported.
The latest confirmed case of the H5N8 strain of avian influenza came from an egg farm in Wonju, 132km east of Seoul, on the previous day, according to the Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Ministry.