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N KOREA FORMS EMERGENCY OFFICE TO PREVENT BIRD FLU OUTBREAK.

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SEOUL, May 1 Asia Pulse - North Korea has established an emergency state committee overseeing efforts to prevent a possible outbreak of bird flu, which has inflicted serious damage worldwide, according to North Korean television on April 29.

"The emergency state quarantine committee was formed to work out national plans to prevent a possible outbreak of bird flu," the North's state-run Central TV Broadcasting Station said. The development came at the instruction of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the report added.

The North has banned South Korean poultry products and eggs from the joint industrial complex in Kaesong, just north of the inter-Korean ...

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