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<p>A reliable source in Seoul's diplomatic community says Sunday a mushroom cloud with a radius of 3.5 to 4 kilometers was spotted in Kimhyongjik County in North Korea's northernmost inland province of Yanggang on Sept. 9.</p> <p>SEOUL, South Korea - A large explosion rocked the northern part of North Korea (news - web sites), sending a huge mushroom cloud into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, South Korea (news - web sites)'s Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.</p>

Signal success in potato cultivation Pyongyang, June 7 (KCNA) -- Great efforts have been exerted for potato cultivation in the DPRK in recent years. It is the avowed policy of the Workers' Party of Korea to solve the issue of food by bringing about a signal turn in the potato cultivation. The state helped Taehongdan county, Ryanggang province situated in the northern alpine land set an example in potato farming. All processes of potato farming from sowing to harvest in a vast expanse of potato fields are carried out by modern machines. Virus-free good potato suited to the climatic and...