Pork prices in South Korea soared nearly 17 percent this month amid the outbreak of the African Swine Fever in China. <br />According to the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation,... the retail price of pork stood at almost four U.S. dollars a kilogram on average in April,... a whopping 36 percent increase from February's less than three dollars. <br />The prices of pork belly meat,... the most favored pork meat by Koreans,... also rose ten percent this month,... at nearly 16 dollars a kilogram.<br />Market watchers also say the pork prices may continue to rise due to a shortage of imported pork meat affected by the outbreak of the viral disease among pigs. <br />
