N.Korea Says Blast Was for Hydro-Electric Project/journalists were liars

[papau]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=10&u=/nm/20040913/ts_nm/korea_north_dc

N.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>

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1504&ncid=1504&e=3&u=/afp/20040913/ts_afp/nkorea_blast_040913181528

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. hmmm

they still cannot explain that shitatke musrhroom cloud

Now I wonder will the brits be allowed to take ground samples and will tehy be taken to the right place?

Color me cynical here

[papau]

2. ? peaceful nukes used to build dams - in the 50's we liked the idea!

:-)

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. and the Ruskies

talked the project arouind the Volga

I know, I know, this is not passing the stink test, is it?

[Maple]

4. There was no empty land available

so they just blew up a mountain?

And the rocks and boulders raining back down?

Or even pulverized dust from an entire mountain??

I think if a mountain blew up, it wasn't on purpose.