Poultry association in South Korea protests against imported eggs

When the government enforced egg imports despite farmers' objections, egg farms took action to block imports. On the 10th and 11th, the Korea Poultry Association held a demonstration to block imports in front of an egg sorting and packaging company located in Cheonan, where imported eggs are coming in, to prevent egg imports. During the protest on the 11th, Jeong Ki-hoon, auditor of the Poultry Association, was arrested by the police. The conflict between the government and farmers is expected to deepen as the Poultry Association announced that it would continue to protest until egg imports are stopped. “It is incomprehensible that the government enforces egg imports in a situation where egg prices are predicted to drop after the Lunar New Year holiday due to excessive chicks in the second half of last year,” said Oh Se-eul, head of the Poultry Association Emergency Response Committee. The plan to import eggs must be withdrawn immediately.” ...