Posted on 07/28/2016 8:04:28 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korea accuses Seoul of 'cunning plot' to release snakes over border
Soldiers sceptical after unseasonably high numbers of reptiles lead Pyongyang to suspect South Korean infiltration
Kang Mi-jin for DK News, part of the North Korea network
Wednesday 27 July 2016 06.00 BST
North Korean border patrol guards have been ordered to capture snakes apparently released by South Korea to wreak havoc in its northern neighbour, sources have claimed.
Pyongyang is said to have told the military that Seoul’s spy agency is behind the unseasonably high number of snakes in Ryanggang province, which borders China.
“Earlier this month, border patrol units received orders to capture snakes before they crawl over the banks of the Yalu River,” said a source in the province.
He added that the core message from Pyongyang was that South Korea’s National Intelligence Service was using the reptiles “as part of a ‘cunning scheme’ to challenge our unity”. Multiple sources in Ryanggang province are said to have corroborated these claims.
But not all soldiers are convinced of the plot. “Some grumble about the nature of the state’s claims. They point out that not even a three-year-old would believe the South would attack us with snakes over [anti-regime] propaganda leaflets or CDs,” said the source.
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Ryanggang province is not near DMZ. It is on the other side of N. Korea, bordering China. It is also a land-locked province. How could SK's spy agency tranport so many snakes into the region deep inside N. Korea? In the end, it doesn't matter. They say whatever they want to do another day of S. Korea bashing, whether it makes sense or not. N. Korean people just play along, not trying to put much thought into it. Another day in a typical totalitarian land of big lies.
I would think the North Koreans would be eating these snakes as fast as they can slither across the DMZ.
Spy snakes. They’re onto us.
Snakes on a prain? Those crazy North Koreans.
I assumed they’d welcome snakes and see them as a source of food- not as slithering agents bent on taking down dear leader.
Taste Like Chicken!
I thought the Democrat convention was in Philly.
Wow. Points towards most North Koreans not having access to a map, and having no notion of where they physically are.
Also, the DMZ is several miles wide...making this snake scheme difficult to pull off.
They need to allow a priest to hold a High Mass for Saint Patrick, who ‘drove all the snakes out of Ireland!”
Oh, my. Snakes.
I heard there were some tasty Chinese recipes for snake soups and such ......
Snakes on the plains?
Maybe Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are behind it. They seem to be the shadowy puppet-masters these days.
All your snake are belong to us.
We need snakes dropped along our busy (illegal) border crossings
A cunning plot?? Instigated by none other than Mike Hunt!
I wonder if those snakes are safe for the starving people to eat. It’s sad, but when you’re starving, you’re more willing to eat what you can.
I think we now know dear leader has a great fear of the slithery reptiles. That brings to mind some ideas for terrorizing him. Heh.
That was my first thought, too.
Free food!
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