N.Korea Says Blast Part of Hydro-Electric Project
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North Korea said Monday last week's  explosion in a remote northern area was part of a  hydro-electric project, the BBC quoted the North's foreign  minister as telling a visiting British official.
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Pyongyang says the huge explosion last week was to demolish a mountain for a hydro-electric project.
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South Korean officials said Tuesday they were trying to verify North Korea&#39;s claim that a huge explosion last week was caused by the demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project.
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Intelligence officials in South Korea say the mysterious blast in North Korea may have been from a hydro-electric dam project, as Pyongyang claims.
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South Korean officials said Tuesday they were trying to verify North Korea's claim that a huge explosion last week was caused by the demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project.
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge column of smoke into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.    The South Korean government said it was trying to confirm the report of an explosion at 11 a.m...
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Diplomats who visited the scene of a  mysterious explosion in North Korea said the site was a  hydroelectric construction project, and one envoy said more  blasts were planned, Kyodo news agency reported.
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North Korea has turned 8000 spent nuclear fuel rods into weapons to deter a possible US nuclear strike, a North Korean minister said.
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_ North Korea said Monday that a huge cloud caused by an explosion several days ago was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project, and the reclusive government invited a British diplomat to visit the site to
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A big explosion rocked a northern province of  North Korea last week, South Korean media are reporting.
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Intelligence reports of a massive explosion accompanied by a mushroom-shaped cloud over North Koreaâs Kimhyongjik county were a false alarm, South Korean officials concluded Friday.
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Diplomats who visited the scene of a mysterious explosion in North Korea said the site was a hydroelectric construction project, and one envoy said more blasts were planned, Kyodo news agency reported.
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a plume of smoke more than two miles wide into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. Secretary of State Colin Powell said the explosion Thursday was not a nuclear test but that it was not known yet what caused it...
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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
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SEOUL : A huge explosion rocked North Korea&#39;s northern inland province of Ryanggang last week, triggering a mushroom cloud at least two miles in radius, South Korea&#39;s Yonhap news agency said Sunday.
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A huge explosion rocked North Korea's northern inland province of Ryanggang last week, triggering a mushroom-shaped cloud near the country's secret underground military base, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.
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Video footage of the area where North Korea said a huge explosion occurred showed dozens of workers swarming around a dusty construction site resembling a large dam project, while a foreign diplomat who visited the site said Friday he found no sign the