This rapid communication describes the situation of ASF in South Korea since its first detection on 17 September 2019 with special attention to ASF dynamics and management in wild boar. On Saturday, authorities said this brings the total to 20 cases in South Korea, The Korea Times reports. South Korea is the only Asian country where African swine fever (ASF) is spreading in wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations. South Korea is deploying snipers to the Demilitarised Zone with orders to shoot any wild boar that are seen in the buffer zone with North Korea before they … South Korea is the only Asian country where African swine fever (ASF) is spreading in wild boar (Sus scrofa ) populations.This rapid communication describes the situation of ASF in South Korea since its first detection on 17 September 2019 with special attention to ASF dynamics and management in wild boar. South Korean authorities discovered a dead wild boar infected with African swine fever (ASF) near the country’s border with North Korea.