The article addresses the persistent issue of African swine fever (ASF) in Korea's pig farming sector, noting an increase in cases since 2019 despite a reduction in culling numbers from 110,000 in 2023 to 50,000 the previous year. The Gyeongbuk region is particularly affected, prompting the formation of a 'Public-Private-Academic Joint Quarantine Countermeasure Committee' by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the Korea Pork Producers Association. This committee, led by the Director of the Quarantine Policy Bureau and the Chairman of the Korea Pork Producers Association, comprises around 30 experts focused on preventing ASF and other diseases like foot-and-mouth disease and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED).