N.Korea Blast Unlikely to Have Been Atomic-S.Korea Minister
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A huge blast three days ago in North Korea was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons test, South Korea's unification minister said on Sunday.
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A huge explosion rocked North Korea near  the border with China three days ago, producing a mushroom  cloud that sparked speculation that Pyongyang might have tested  an atomic weapon, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
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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.
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The government doesn&#39;t believe Seoul intended to be a nuclear power. Others are not so sure. Government officials expressed concern that revelations of a uranium-enrichment experiment in South Korea could
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South Korea's top policymaker on North  Korea said Monday North Korea's claim to have nuclear weapons  was unproven and Seoul's controversial engagement policy with  the North would remain, at least for now.
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SEOUL, South Korea  - Denying it has any nuclear weapons ambitions, South Korea insisted Friday that a one-time uranium enrichment test by its scientists will not derail U.S.-led efforts to dismantle rival North Korea's nuclear programs.
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South Korea first saw signs of an explosion in North Korea last week from a satellite that showed a &quot;peculiar cloud&quot;, but Seoul doubts Pyongyang would test a nuclear bomb so close to China.
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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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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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North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said  on Monday.
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South Korean officials said on Sunday that a massive explosion generating a huge cloud of smoke on North Korea's northern border with China on Sept. 9 was an unspecified accident and apparently not a much-feared nuclear test.
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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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SEOUL, South Korea - 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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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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A huge explosion rocked North Korea last week but U.S. and South Korean officials said on Sunday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons test despite the appearance of a "peculiar cloud" over the area.
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North Korea's declaration that it  possesses nuclear weapons does not make it a nuclear weapons  state, South Korea's unification minister said on Monday.
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A group of diplomats who visited the scene of last week&#39;s mysterious explosion in North Korea say it was not caused by the testing of a nuclear device.