North Korea&#39;s claim about mysterious blast might be true: Seoul
256134
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.
425040
Diplomats who visited what North Korea claimed was the site of a huge explosion found no sign it was nuclear, a Swedish ambassador said, while South Korea said a mushroom-shaped cloud in the
404704
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...
223147
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
69185
BEIJING Diplomats escorted by North Korean officials to what they said was the site of a huge explosion last week saw no evidence that it was nuclear, Sweden&#39;s ambassador to North Korea said on Friday, but South Korea cast doubt on the North&#39;s explanation
314765
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.
748362
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.
36694
Britain demands an explanation from North Korea after reports of a blast that left a mushroom shaped cloud.
319494
South Korea's latest assessment of a  widely reported explosion in North Korea last week is that  there was no blast at all at the suspected site, a vice  minister said Friday.
212537
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.
183268
SEOUL, South Korea/Washington  - A huge explosion  rocked North Korea last week but U.S. and South Korean  officials said Sunday it was unlikely to have been a nuclear  weapons test despite the appearance of a "peculiar cloud" over  the area.
138050
A huge explosion in North Korea last week may have been due to a combination of demolition work for a power plant and atmospheric clouds, South Korea&#39;s spy agency said on Wednesday.
16159
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.
334344
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.
114148
North Korean officials have announced that a huge explosion in its remote Northeast was part of a hydroelectric project. Mystery surrounded the blast in the mountainous province of Yanggang and fears grew
526749
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.
87154
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.