韩国人视中国威胁大于北韩、哈萨克马来西亚报禽流感疫情

*民调：韩国人视中国威胁大于北韩

韩国一项新的民意调查显示，更多的人认为中国而不是北韩在10年后是更大的安
全威胁。由国家资助的智库韩国国防分析研究所星期一公布了这项民调。38%的受
访者把中国选为韩国未来最大的威胁，提到的理由是中国在地区日益强大的军事
和经济影响。有24%的人认为日本是头号威胁，而选择北韩是未来最大威胁的受访
者占21%，排在第三。15%的受访者认为美国是10年后最大的威胁。这次民调于去
年12月进行，询问了大约1000名韩国人。

Survey: More South Koreans View China as Threat Than North Korea

A new public opinion survey in South Korea indicates more people
view China rather than North Korea as the bigger security threat
10 years from now. The survey was released Monday by the Korea
Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), a state-funded think thank.
Thirty-eight percent of those surveyed picked China as the biggest
future threat to South Korea, citing Beijing's growing military
and economic influence in the region. Japan was viewed as the top
threat by 24 percent of respondents, while North Korea was third,
with 21 percent. Fifteen percent of respondents picked the United
States as the most threatening country a decade from now. The
pollsters conducted the survey in December, questioning about one
thousand South Koreans.


*哈萨克马来西亚报禽流感疫情

哈萨克斯坦卫生部长说，在哈萨克西部里海海边发现的一只死天鹅是死于禽流感
。这位官员星期一说，目前正在进行化验，以判断这只天鹅是否感染了H5N1型病
毒。
另外，马来西亚当局星期一在北部槟榔屿州的死鸡当中发现新的H5N1型禽流感病
例。当局说，他们将在疫情地区宰杀活鸡。这是马来西亚一个星期以来第三次发
现禽流感疫情。
早些时候，以色列农业部表示，化验结果显示，以色列南部家禽感染的禽流感病
毒是高致命的H5N1型病毒。自从上星期有1万多只火鸡死于禽流感之后，以色列已
经扑杀了数以千计的家禽，以控制病毒蔓延。

Kazakhstan, Malaysia Report New Bird Flu Outbreaks

Kazakhstan's health minister says a dead swan found on the shores
of the Caspian Sea in the west of the country died of bird flu.
The official said Monday taht tests are under way to see whether
the swan was infected by the H5N1 strain of the virus.

Also Monday, Malaysian authorities reported new cases of H5N1
bird flu among dead chickens in Penang state. Authorities say
they will cull chickens in the area of the outbreak - the third
in Malaysia within a week.

Earlier, Israel's Agriculture Ministry said the bird flu virus
found in poultry in southern Israel is the lethal H5N1 strain.
Israel has been culling thousands of birds to contain the virus
after more than 10 thousand turkeys died from flu last week.