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Thursday 22nd of April 2004

20 Years Ago



160 Die in flammable train cargo explosion in Ryongch'ŏn, North P'yǒngan, North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il passed through the station several hours before the explosion as he returned from a meeting in China. It was suggested that the explosion might have been an assassination attempt, but South Korean intelligence services believed that it was an accident. The Red Cross reported that 1.850 houses and buildings had been destroyed and another 6.350 had been damaged.


More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryongchon_disaster