N. Korea blasts false report by Japanese TV

Pyongyang, Nov 2: 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.