U.N. agency to send foot-and-mouth experts to N. Korea: report

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SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Yonhap) -- A U.N. agency handling agricultural matters will send a group of experts to North Korea next week to help the country contain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the Radio Free Asia (RFA) said in a report Friday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the U.N. will dispatch "three to five experts, including a veterinarian," to North Korea to determine what sort of assistance North Koreans will need in light of the FMD outbreak, the RFA reported. Citing an anonymous FAO official, the report said the agency held an emergency meeting immediately after North Korea requested aid earlier this week.