SEOUL, July 27 (UPI) -- North Korea has ordered border guards to round up snakes, which it says are part of a campaign by South Korea's spy agency, sources in the North said.
An unusually high number of snakes for the season were reported in North Korea's Ryanggang province, which abuts China. A source in the province told South Korean news agency, the Daily NK, the Pyongyang government blames South Korea's National Intelligence Service for the infestation. The source said the North believes the use of the snakes is "part of a 'cunning scheme' to challenge our unity."