Pyongyang Nov 2 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday denounced a "false report" by Japanese TV Asahi which said a pit collapse in the country s nuclear test ground had led to many deaths.
Japanese authorities are responsible for allowing TV Asahi to release "the false report" the country s official media KCNA said in a commentary.
It also said that Japanese authorities were seeking a pretext for sending troops to the Korean peninsula.
Japanese TV Asahi reported on Tuesday that a tunnel under construction at a North Korea nuclear test site collapsed and as many as 200 workers could have been killed.
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