Korea blast death toll: '76 were children'

The British Ambassador to North Korea today described how two schools bore the brunt of a massive train explosion which killed 154 people close to the Chinese border.

The British Ambassador to North Korea today described how two schools bore the brunt of a massive train explosion which killed 154 people close to the Chinese border.

David Slinn and a group of officials from the British Embassy in the North Korean capital Pyongyang met aid workers and government representatives at the scene as the secretive socialist republic pleaded for international aid.

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