North Korea confirms explosion part of power plant project
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SEOUL North Koreaâs foreign ministry Monday confirmed an explosion in the Stalinist country last week was connected with a power plant project, Chinaâs Xinhua news agency reported from Pyongyang.
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North Korea said Monday last week&#39;s explosion in a remote northern area was part of a hydro-electric project, the BBC quoted the North&#39;s foreign minister as telling a visiting British official.
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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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SEOUL : Communist North Korea&#39;s claim that a huge and mysterious explosion was caused by a civil engineering project might be true, South Korea&#39;s intelligence agency has said.
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South Korea is seeking independent verification on the nature of a huge blast in North Korea last week, which its communist neighbor has said was linked to a hydroelectric scheme, Seoul's defense minister said on Tuesday.
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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
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SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge mushroom cloud 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...
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SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 12, 2004 - 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.
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SEOUL, South Korea - A huge explosion in the northern part of North Korea sent a plume of smoke more than two miles wide into the air on an important anniversary of the secretive 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 mushroom cloud up to 2.5 miles in  diameter was seen after an explosion in a remote area of North  Korea near the border with China, Yonhap news agency reported  on Sunday, quoting sources in Beijing.
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A huge explosion rocked an area in North Korea near the border with China three days ago and the accident appears to be much worse than a train blast that killed at least 170 people in April, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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SEOUL - A large explosion occurred in North Korea&#39;s northernmost inland province of Yanggang on Thursday, which was the 56th anniversary of the country&#39;s founding, South Korea&#39;s Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.
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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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BEIJING - A diplomat who visited the site of a huge explosion in North Korea said Friday he saw no evidence it was caused by a nuclear test, and South Korean officials said mushroom-shaped plume thought to be from the blast may have instead been a natural cloud formation.    The extremely secretive North allowed diplomats from seven countries to the site to prove its contention that the Sept...
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BEIJING - Foreign diplomats who visited the site of a mysterious explosion in North Korea said yesterday it was a hydroelectric project under heavy construction.
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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.    The explosion happened at 11 a.m...
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SEOUL, South Korea - An explosion that shot a 2-mile-wide mushroom cloud into the sky was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project, North Korea said Monday, and it invited a British diplomat to visit the site.    Experts from the United States and elsewhere say they don't believe Thursday's blast near the Chinese border was a nuclear test...