N. Korea Says Explosion Was Planned
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North Korea on Monday reportedly told a visiting British diplomat in Pyongyang that a billowing cloud of smoke caused by an explosion last week was the planned
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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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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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Britainâs ambassador to North Korea plans to travel tomorrow to the site of an explosion that shot a mushroom cloud into the sky to verify claims it was caused by planned blasting for a hydroelectric project.
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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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In the first remarks to the outside world concerning last Thursday&#39;s mysterious explosion, North Korea reportedly has said the blast was part of a construction project.
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There are reports that a massive explosion three days ago in North Korea&#39;s northern-most inland province of Yanggang, created a huge mushroom-shaped cloud.
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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 Sept. 13, 2004 - North Korea said Monday that the large explosion near its border with China several days ago was a &quot;deliberate detonation of a mountain&quot; as part of a hydroelectric project, the BBC reported.
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A government minister, now in Pyongyang, said he will seek an explanation from his North Korean hosts of a reported blast in the north of the country three days ago.
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SEOULâA huge explosion rocked an area in North Korea near the border with China three days ago and appeared to be much bigger than a train blast that killed 170 people in April, South Korea&#39;s Yonhap news agency reported today.
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North Korea accused South Korea of mounting a ``smear campaign&#39;&#39; over an explosion last week in North Korea that prompted speculation of a nuclear test.
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A huge explosion rocked an area in North  Korea near the border with China three days ago and appeared to  be much bigger than a train blast that killed 170 people in  April, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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North Korea is to conduct a nuclear test, the foreign ministry says in a statement.
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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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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 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.