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South Korean officials have issued their first formal response to recent moves by North Korea, labeling some of the North's recent statements "inappropriate." The exchange comes as high-level American and South Korean envoys² warn time is running out in diplomacy³ to end North Korea's nuclear weapons programs.

韩国官员针对北韩最近的行为第一次作出正式回应，说北韩最近的某些声明“不恰当”。与此同时，美国和韩国的高级官员警告说，有关终止北韩核武器项目的外交努力所剩时间已经不多。

South Korean Major-General Kwon Oh-sung has sent a radio message to his North Korean counterpart, reassuring⁴ Pyongyang the South remains⁵ committed to a key non-aggression agreement between the two sides.

韩国少将权五淞向北韩军方发出信息，表示韩国仍然信守双方互不侵犯的主要条约。

However, the message rebukes⁶ the North for what it describes as recent "deliberate slander⁷ and fostering of tensions" which the South finds deeply regretful.

但是他也指责北韩最近的言论“故意诽谤并制造了紧张空气”，韩国对此深感遗憾。

The message comes a day after North Korea's main official newspaper lashed⁸ out at South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, calling him a "traitor⁹" and accusing him of disrupting North-South relations.

这一信息发出的一天前，北韩主要官方报刊载文猛烈攻击韩国总统李明博，把他称为“卖国贼”，指称他破坏南北韩关系。

North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950. The two sides never formally ended the resulting war, which was halted by an armistice¹⁰ in 1953. Recent events have reminded the world how tense this peninsula remains.

北韩1950年入侵韩国。双方从未正式结束交战，仅以1953年签订的一项停火协议中止了这场战争。最近的事态提醒国际社会朝鲜半岛的局势仍有多紧张。

Several days ago, North Korea warned it may turn the South into a "sea of ashes." That was a response to testimony¹¹ by South Korea's joint¹² chiefs of staff chairman that Seoul has contingency¹³ plans to preemptively strike North Korean nuclear weapons sites.

几天前，北韩警告说，它可以把韩国夷为焦土。那是对韩国高级将领有关北韩核问题一番话的反应。韩国韩国参谋长联席会议主席说，首尔有向北韩核武器基地进行先发制人袭击的应变计划。

Earlier last month, North Korea expelled South Korean managers from a joint industrial park in the Northern city, Kaesong. South Korean media reports quote military officials who say South Korea has scrambled¹⁴ jets at least ten times since President Lee's February inauguration¹⁵, to respond to North Korean warplanes approaching the North-South border.

3月上旬，北韩把韩国管理人员驱逐出北方城市开城的联合工业区。韩国新闻界报导援引军方官员的话说，自从李明博总统就任以来，韩国喷气式飞机已经紧急起飞至少10次以应对接近韩国边界的北韩战斗机。

Mr. Lee is much firmer on the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons than his predecessors¹⁶. He says future North-South cooperation is dependent on Pyongyang fulfilling its promises to end those weapons programs.

李明博总统在北韩的核武器问题上比他的前任要强硬得多。他说，南北韩的未来协作取决于平壤是否兑现承诺，解除核武器项目。

The chief American envoy¹ to the multinational¹⁷ nuclear talks, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, is in Seoul to discuss the North's four-month delay in providing a nuclear declaration it said would be ready by the end of last year.

朝核六方会谈中的美国首席谈判代表、助理国务卿希尔目前正在首尔访问，讨论北韩已经拖延了4个月尚未呈交的核项目清单。北韩原来答应在去年年底前交出这份清单。

Hill warns the diplomatic process is "running out of time," and that North Korea, known formally as the DPRK (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea), must make a commitment.

希尔警告，外交努力所剩时间已经不多了，北韩务必信守承诺。

"I think the problem is the DPRK needs to make this fundamental decision," he said. "Again, I think we have made progress on the declaration but, until we complete the declaration, we won't have succeeded."

希尔说：“我认为问题在于北韩必须作出抉择。我想再次指出，我们已经在北韩报告核项目的问题上取得了进展，但是没有完整的清单，就不能说取得了成功。”

Hill dismisses recent North Korean rhetoric¹⁸ against the South as "entirely¹⁹ propagandistic" and directed "entirely at domestic audiences." He says the comments will have little impact on the multinational nuclear diplomacy.

希尔指出，最近北韩针对韩国的抨击“纯属政治宣传，而且完全是针对国内听众”。他说，有关评论对朝核六方会谈几乎没有什么影响。