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10,000 More Troops for Yangkang By Lee Sung Jin [2009-09-14 15:27 ] Changchun, China -- According to inside sources, North Korea has decided to increase the size of the 10th Army Corps, which is stationed in Yangkang Province. Intended to expand the size of the force in the North Korea-China border region by 10,000, this is the first decision of its kind since the dispatching of the 9th Army Corps to North Hamkyung Province in 1995 to settle the 6th Army Corps coup d’etat conspiracy. An inside Yangkang Province source told Daily NK on the 11th, “The National Defense Commission...

<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>

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday. The Yonhap news agency said the explosion happened in Yanggang province.