North Korea: Pyongyang Offers To Provide Torpedo Samples

North Korea has offered to provide samples of its torpedoes in an attempt to back up its denial of responsibility for the sinking of a South Korea warship in March, Reuters reports.

A team that included experts from the United States, Australia, Britain and Sweden concluded there was "overwhelming evidence" that Pyongyang was behind the sinking of the Cheonan, reported Agence France-Presse.

Parts of a torpedo recovered at the scene were consistent with a North Korean weapon that Seoul had obtained seven years earlier, said the experts.

In a statement, the National Defense Commission said it would provide a steel-alloy sample of one of its torpedoes to show it was different from aluminum-alloy torpedoes used by other countries and in the attack.

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