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Defector's tale

Tuesday 24 August 1993 23:02 BST
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Hundreds of people died in a North Korean nuclear accident while trying to hide a reactor from international inspectors, according to a defector who reached the South, AP reports from Seoul.

Im Young Sun made a range of claims indicating widespread hardship and growing dissent in the North. He also said underground nuclear tests were being conducted near Pyongyang.

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