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Envoys see N Korea mystery site The diplomats were allowed to photograph the site Foreign diplomats have visited a large construction site in North Korea which Pyongyang said was the cause of a mysterious cloud last week. The diplomats were told a hydroelectric dam was being built and the cloud was due to explosions to clear the area. But South Korea stoked confusion on Friday when it said the diplomats were taken to a place well to the east of the originally suspected location. Seoul also said it now believed the cloud was not caused by an explosion. MYSTERY...

Gov't Confirms 'Non-Nuclear' N. Korean Explosion It was reported that there was a massive explosion Thursday around the town of Yongjo-ri, Kim Hyong-jik County, Ryanggang Province. U.S. Department of State, sources familiar with North Korea and the Korean government all confirmed the explosion. A high-ranking government official said Sunday, “It is true that a large mushroom cloud about 3.5 to 4 km in diameter was observed by a satellite at around 11:00 a.m. Thursday. It was not a nuclear test, but the explosion seemed to be three times bigger than the one that took place during the Ryongchon Station...

/begin my translation North Korea: Two signs of explosions, on the night of 09/08, and the early morning of 09/09 A government source disclosed on Sept. 12 that two seismic activities were detected on the night of Sept. 8 and the early morning of Sept. 9, from the explosion at Kim Hyong-jik County, Yanggang Province, N. Korea. According to the source, both S. Korean and Chinese earthquake monitoring stations picked up from Yanggang Province area of N. Korea, " seismic activities presumably related to two explosions, one at 11pm on 09/08, and the other at 1am on 09/09." Earlier,...