U.S.: Blast Consistent with N.Korea Explanation
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North Korea's explanation that a blast last week was demolition work for a power project rather than a nuclear explosion squared with what Washington saw, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday.
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On September 11, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported a huge blast and a 2.5 mile diameter mushroom cloud in North Korea 6 miles southwest of Yongjori Missile Base...on Thursday.
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Britain demands an explanation from North Korea after reports of a blast that left a mushroom shaped cloud.
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North Korea's explanation that a  blast last week was demolition work for a power project rather  than a nuclear explosion squared with what Washington saw,  Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday.
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An explosion last week in North Korea created a mushroom cloud as wide as 4 kilometers, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing unidentified diplomats.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States believes a recent explosion in North Korea was, in his words, not a nuclear event.
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SEOUL : South Korea has said it is investigating sketchy reports of a big explosion in North Korea last week but was unsure what triggered the blast near a secret underground military base.
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South Korea's latest assessment of a  widely reported explosion in the North last week is that there  was no blast at all at the suspected site, a vice minister of  unification said on Friday.
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The State Department said on Friday it believed a blast at an Islamabad hotel was probably caused by a bomb, differing from the Pakistani view that it appeared to be the result of an electrical fault.
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North Korea believes Washington has atomic weapons deployed in South Korea and it will not halt its nuclear program as long as this threat persists, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a North Korean source as saying on Thursday.
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BEIJING - Sweden&#39;s ambassador to North Korea said Friday that diplomats who visited what North Korean officials claimed was the source of a huge explosion saw no evidence to support fears it might have been caused by a nuclear blast.
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South Korea now believes that a mushroom cloud previously thought to be from a massive explosion in North Korea was actually a natural occurence and there was no blast, officials said Friday.
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The United States said that its warnings to North Korea against conducting a nuclear weapons test were &quot;not a lethal threat&quot; and denied seeking the collapse of the regime in Pyongyang.
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A huge mushroom cloud that reportedly billowed up from North Korea was not caused by a nuclear explosion, South Korean and U.S. officials said Sunday, but they said the cause was a mystery.
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The Bush administration said Tuesday that North Korea&#039;s firing of a series of missiles into the Sea of Japan was a provocation, but not an immediate threat to the United States.
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South Korea&#39;s latest assessment of a widely reported explosion in North Korea last week is that there was no blast at all at the suspected site, a vice minister said on Friday.
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A huge explosion has reportedly occurred in North Korea, but South Korean and US officials maintain it was not a nuclear test. The explosion, which produced a mushroom