英闻天下——271 S. Korea Deploys Cruise Missile to Deter DPRK Threat

 　　The South Korean defence ministry¹ says it has deployed² cruise missiles to counter a possible attack by North Korea after Pyongyang carried out its third underground nuclear test on Tuesday.

 

　　Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok made the revelations at a regular news briefing in Seoul.

 

　　"We have developed them ourselves to immediately strike the whole area of North Korea, if necessary. There's a possibility that North Korea could conduct another nuclear test in another tunnel, so we are closely watching it."

 

　　South Korea is now allowed to develop ballistic missiles with a range of up to 800 kilometers, under a deal revised last year with the U.S. It more than doubles the previous limit.

 

　　Meantime, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his South Korean counterpart Kim Sung-hwan have exchanged views on the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.

 

　　The Chinese government issued a statement, saying the country is "strongly dissatisfied with" and "firmly opposed to" North Korea's nuclear test.

 

　　Yang Jiechi has also spoken to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and summoned the North Korean ambassador to China to lodge³ a solemn representations over the test.

 

　　In a separate telephone conversation leaders of Japan and South Korea agreed to seek tougher UN sanctions against North Korea.

 

　　North Korea announced it succeeded in it's third underground nuclear test in the northern part of the country earlier on Tuesday.

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 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

3 lodge   

v.临时住宿，寄宿，寄存，容纳；n.传达室，小旅馆

参考例句：

• Is there anywhere that I can lodge in the village tonight?村里有我今晚过夜的地方吗？
• I shall lodge at the inn for two nights.我要在这家小店住两个晚上。