North Korea says 6 died in mining accident in January

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(Photo: RODONG SINMUN, EPA)SEOUL, South Korea - Six miners died when the roof of a mine in North Korea collapsed in January, the North?s state media reported Monday, in a rare admission of a deadly accident in the secretive country.
Many North Korea watchers were surprised when the country?s state media reported in 2014 that government officials had offered an apology for the collapse of an apartment under construction in Pyongyang, the capital.
Seven miners were initially trapped after the collapse at the Unryul mine, a leading iron ore producer, on Jan.
9, North Korea?s main newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported.
An undated picture released by `Rodong Sinmun,` the newspaper of the North Korean ruling Workers Party, on May 1, 2015 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center, front row) holding a photo session with a group of training officers of the Korea People`s Army in Pyongyang, North Korea.
North Korea?s highly controlled state media rarely report news that might be considered negative, and an admission of fault by the government is unusual.