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The Chinese Foreign Ministry¹ says the country hopes North Korea and the United States can seize the positive momentum² in inter-Korean relations, and move towards resolving the Korean Peninsula issue through dialogue and negotiation³.Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang has made the statement, while highlighting the resumed interactions between North Korea and South Korea during the ongoing⁴ Winter Olympics.

For more on this, CRI's Suyi joined on the line by Tong Kim, Washington Correspondent and Columnist⁵ for the Korea Times, also fellow at the Institute of Korean-American Studies； on the line we have Dr. Yang Wenjing, research fellow of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations and Dr. Zhao Tong, fellow in Carnegie's nuclear policy program based at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

3 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

4 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

5 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。