24 April 2004 - North Korea Special Weapons News |
- RYONGCHON EXPLOSION: INITIAL INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE OCHA-DPRK 24 Apr 2004 -- A joint United Nations, Red Cross and NGO mission travelled on Saturday, 24 April, to Ryongchon township with DPRK government officials to conduct a preliminary assessment.
- OCHA Situation Report No. 2 Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Explosion in Ryongchon County OCHA-DPRK 24 Apr 2004 -- This report is based on the information provided by the UN Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator's office in Pyongyang and the Inter-Agency assessment mission conducted by the UN Country team together with IFRC, ICRC, ECHO and NGOs today. [PDF 130Kb]
- NOKOR/BLAST VOA 24 Apr 2004 -- A convoy of international humanitarian workers has traveled to the site of a massive explosion near North Korea's border with China to provide assistance. The emergency aid mission comes as the secretive communist state officially acknowledged the accident, calling it "very serious," while a report from the scene cited at least 154 dead and 13-hundred injured.
- KCNA Report on Explosion at Ryongchon Railway Station KCNA 24 Apr 2004 -- The KCNA on April 24 released the following report as regards an explosion at Ryongchon Railway Station in North Phyongan Province, on April 22: An explosion occurred at Ryongchon Railway Station in North Phyongan Province on April 22 due to the electrical contact caused by carelessness during the shunting of wagons loaded with ammonium nitrate fertilizer and tank wagons.
- 6th Kimilsungia Festival Closes KCNA 24 Apr 2004 -- The 6th Kimilsungia Festival which was opened on April 13 on the occasion of the Day of the Sun was closed.
- Inter-Korean Meeting Held KCNA 24 Apr 2004 -- third meeting of the North-South Working Panel for the Settlement of Accounts was held in Phaju, south Korea, from April 20 to 22.
- Ever-victorious Korean People's Army KCNA 24 Apr 2004 -- April 25 is the anniversary of the Korean People's Army (KPA), revolutionary armed forces. With the approach of this day, the entire Korean people, with pride, are looking back upon the KPA's ever-victorious history spanning more than 70 years.
- Kim Yong Nam Meets Delegation of South Korean Red Cross KCNA 24 Apr 2004 -- Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly, met and had a talk with the delegation of the south Korean Red Cross led by its President Ri Yun Gu in a compatriotic atmosphere at the Mansudae Assembly Hall today.
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