http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=10&u=/nm/20040913/ts_nm/korea_north_dcN.Korea Says Blast Was for Hydro-Electric Project
Mon Sep 13, 7:51 AM ET By Jack Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - 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. South Korean media said an accident at an underground munitions depot or a weapons factory was a likely explanation for possibly two blasts.
A British minister visiting Pyongyang said late Monday that the North Korean authorities had agreed to allow foreign envoys to visit the scene and see for themselves. <snip>
The BBC said that when Paek was asked why North Korea had not explained earlier about the blasts he told Rammell Pyongyang had not done so because all foreign journalists were liars. <snip>
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