Official name: Republic of Korea (South Korea)
WRLFMD code: SKR
FMD first recorded:  
FMD eradicated: 1934
Subsequent outbreaks:  
Serotypes (last rpt):  
Current status:  
Useful websites:  

dates prior to 1945 refer to the North and South Korea as a united country

FMDV Serotype Years (not comprehensive)
Untyped 1911, 1934, 2010, 2011, 2014, 216, 2018
O 2000, 2002, 2010-2011, 2014-2017, 2019, 2023
A 2010, 2017-2018
C -
Asia 1 -
SAT 1 -
SAT 2 -
SAT 3 -
Notes -

WRLFMD
batch no.
Date
Received
Type Virus
samples
Topotype Lineage Sublineage WRLFMD
Reports
  30/03/2000 O
O
O
SKR 1/2000
SKR 2/2000
SKR 3/2000
ME-SA
ME-SA
 
PanAsia
PanAsia
 
-
-
 
 
  13/05/2002 O
O
SKR/1/2002
SKR/2/2002
ME-SA
ME-SA
PanAsia
PanAsia
-
-
Detection
WRLMEG/2010/none 08/01/2010 A A/Pochun/KOR/2010 * ASIA Sea-97 - Genotyping(A)
WRLMEG/2010/none 12/04/2010 O O/Ganghwa/KOR/2010 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2010/00019 17/05/2010 O
A
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
SKR/4/2010
SKR/2/2010
SKR/1/2010
SKR/3/2010
SEA
ASIA
nd
nd
Mya-98
Sea-97
nd
nd
-
-
-
-
Detection
Vaccine(O)
Vaccine(sup,O)
Vaccine(A)
WRLMEG/2010/none 30/11/2010 O O/Andong 1/KOR/2010 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLMEG/2010/none 16/12/2010 O
O
O/Yangju/KOR/2010 *
O/Yeoncheon/KOR/2010 *
SEA
SEA
Mya-98
Mya-98
-
-
Genotyping(O)
WRLMEG/2010/none 17/12/2010 O O/KOR/Paju/2010 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2011/00006 07/02/2011 O
O
O
O
O
FMDV‑GD
NVD
NVD
SKR/5/2010
SKR/6/2010
SKR/7/2010
SKR/1/2011
SKR/3/2011
SKR/2/2011
SKR/4/2011
SKR/5/2011
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
nd

 
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
nd

 
-
-
-
-
-
-

 
Detection
Genotyping (O)
Genotyping (O, sup)
Vaccine (O)
Vaccine (O, sup)
Vaccine (O, sup1)
Vaccine (O, sup2)
WRLFMD/2011/00011 03/03/2011 O
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
SKR/10/2010
SKR/8/2010
SKR/9/2010
SKR/11/2010
SKR/6/2011
SKR/7/2011
SEA
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
Mya-98
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
-
-
-
-
-
-
Detection
Vaccine (O)
WRLFMD/2011/00025 21/05/2011 O
O
O
SKR/12/2010
SKR/13/2010
SKR/8/2011
SEA
SEA
SEA
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping (O)
WRLMEG/2014/00022 24/07/2014 O SKR/01/2014 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2014/00027 31/07/2014 O
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
SKR/6/2014
SKR/1/2014
SKR/2/2014
SKR/3/2014
SKR/4/2014
SKR/5/2014
SKR/7/2014
SKR/8/2014
SKR/9/2014
SKR/10/2014
SEA
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
Mya-98
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2014/00038 04/12/2014 O JC/CB/ROK/2014 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2014/00040 22/12/2014 O
O
O
O
FMDV‑GD
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
SKR/12/2014
SKR/14/2014
SKR/16/2014
SKR/18/2014
SKR/20/2014
SKR/11/2014
SKR/13/2014
SKR/15/2014
SKR/17/2014
SKR/19/2014
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
nd




 
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
nd




 
-
-
-
-
-




 
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
Vaccine(sup)
WRLMEG/2016/00001 17/01/2016 O* Gimje/KOR/2016 * SEA Mya-98 - Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2016/00003 18/01/2016 O†
O†
O†
O†
O†
SKR/1/2016
SKR/2/2016
SKR/3/2016
SKR/4/2016
SKR/5/2016
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
SEA
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
Mya-98
-
-
-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2016/00006 01/02/2016 O
O
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
NVD
SKR/6/2016
SKR/7/2016
SKR/8/2016
SKR/9/2016
SKR/10/2016
SKR/12/2016
SKR/13/2016
SKR/14/2016
SKR/15/2016
SKR/11/2016
SEA
SEA
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
 
Mya-98
Mya-98
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
nd
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
 
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
Vaccine(sup)
WRLMEG/2017/00009 06/02/2017 O 170205/SKR/2017 * ME-SA Ind-2001 e Genotyping(O)
WRLMEG/2017/00010 07/02/2017 O 170206/SKR/2017 * ME-SA Ind-2001 e Genotyping(O)
WRLMEG/2017/00011 09/02/2017 A 170208YC/SKR/2017 * ASIA Sea-97 - Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2017/00001 13/02/2017 O
O
A
SKR/1/2017
SKR/2/2017
SKR/3/2017
ME-SA
ME-SA
ASIA
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Sea-97
e
e
-
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
Vaccine(Sup¹)
Vaccine(sup²)
WRLMEG/2018/00008 27/03/2018 A GP/SKR/2018 * ASIA Sea-97 - Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2018/00010 03/04/2018 A
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
FMDV‑GD
SKR/4/2018
SKR/1/2018
SKR/2/2018
SKR/3/2018
ASIA
nd
nd
nd
Sea-97
nd
nd
nd
-
-
-
-
Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2018/00017 04/04/2018 A GP/SKR/2/2018 * ASIA Sea-97 - Genotyping(A)
WRLFMD/2018/00016 08/05/2018 A SKR/5/2018 ASIA Sea-97 - Detection
Genotyping(A)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2019/00011 29/01/2019 O SKR/AS/2019 * ME-SA Ind-2001 e Genotyping(O)
WRLMEG/2019/00012 30/01/2019 O AS HHS/SKR/2019 * ME-SA Ind-2001 e Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2019/00008 01/02/2019 O
O
​O
​O
​O
SKR/1/2019
SKR/2/2019
SKR/3/2019
SKR/4/2019
SKR/5/2019
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
ME-SA
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
Ind-2001
e
e
e
e
e
Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine
WRLMEG/2023/00020 26/05/2023 O CJ/SKR/1/2023 * ME-SA Ind-2001 e Genotyping(O)
WRLFMD/2023/000046 18/07/2023 O SKR 1/2023 ME-SA Ind-2001 e Detection
Genotyping(O)
Vaccine

Notes:

NT, not tested
*, Not a WRLFMD reference number (only VP1 sequence received)
†, no virus could be isolated in cell cultures
‡, Lineage was originally reported as Ind-2001d