DPRK develops new kit for bird flu testing (People’s Daily) A highly accurate kit for testing bird flu virus has been developed by a veterinary institute of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the official news agency KCNA said Monday. The accuracy of the new kit is higher than ... [News Source]

South Korea kills all poultry in Seoul after bird flu reported. South Korean officials said Monday they had killed Seoul's entire poultry population to curb the spread of bird flu following a fresh outbreak of the disease in the capital. [News Source]

Poultry prices plagued by bird flu (JoongAng Daily) The avian influenza outbreak in Seoul is scaring customers away from poultry and pulling down chicken and duck prices. Korean quarantine officials announced yesterday that they¡¯d slaughtered around 15,000 poultry across Seoul, after a second case of AI was confirmed there on Sunday. [News Source]

Bird flu spreads to Darjeeling (Gulf Times) KOLKATA: Bird flu has spread to the hilly Darjeeling district of eastern India which has been hit by avian influenza several times already this year, a minister said yesterday. [News Source]