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 Tuesday.
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Intelligence analysis of a massive explosion in North Koreaâs Ryanggang Province on Sept. 9 corroborates with Pyongyangâs explanation that it was a controlled blast to clear rock, according to South Korean and US officials.
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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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An accident at an underground munitions  depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge  explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two  blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday.
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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 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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WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday that the United States did not know what caused a huge mysterious blast in North Korea last week but it was not a nuclear test.
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ASHINGTON, Sept. 12 - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that a huge explosion that took place Thursday on North Korea&#39;s border with China was likely &quot;not any kind of nuclear event,&quot; but he said
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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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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - A mushroom-shaped cloud was seen in North Korea last Thursday following a large explosion, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.
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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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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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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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A huge explosion in North Korea last week was a deliberate blast to pave the way for a hydro-electric dam, Pyongyang said Monday. Washington and Seoul have said the explosion was unlikely to have been a nuclear weapons test.
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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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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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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Sunday he does not believe North Korea set off a nuclear blast earlier this month, but is not "100 percent sure."