SEOUL - South Korea Friday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at two poultry farms in two provinces, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said.

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The ministry said suspected cases of bird flu reported from a chicken farm in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, and a duck farm in Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province, tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.

The ministry has designated areas within a 10-kilometer radius of the affected farms as quarantine zones.