North Korea on Monday reportedly told a visiting British diplomat in Pyongyang that a billowing cloud of smoke caused by an explosion last week was the planned demolition of a mountain for a hydroelectric project, according to news reports. The North Koreans additionally invited Britain’s ambassador to Pyongyang, David Slinn, and other ambassadors based in the North Korean capital to visit the site as early as Tuesday to verify North Korea’s claim that the mammoth blast Thursday was part of a planned infrastructure project, according to the BBC and pool reports from journalists traveling with the visiting British diplomatic mission in Pyongyang. Full Story
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