首尔消息：朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹、实权人物金与正于9月2日星期五称韩国“卑劣可耻”。此前，韩国方面要求朝鲜就非军事区内发生的爆炸事件道歉，该事件导致三名韩国士兵受伤。本周，平壤方面否认与上个月在朝韩非军事区内发生的地雷爆炸事件有关，那次爆炸致使三名韩国士兵身受重伤。非军事区是1953年停战协定划定、布满地雷的缓冲区，将朝韩两国分隔开来。
SEOUL: Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, called South Korea "despicable" on Friday (Sep 2) after Seoul demanded an apology over a demilitarised zone blast that wounded three of its soldiers Pyongyang this week denied being behind a landmine blast that caused severe injuries to three soldiers last month inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the heavily mined buffer dividing the two Koreas since their 1953 armistice. South Korea's military demanded an official apology this week calling the incident "a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement".
韩国军方本周要求朝鲜正式道歉，称该事件“明显违反了停战协定”。
In the first public response from Pyongyang, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea "even called for an apology" and added it is "really despicable".
这是平壤方面的首次公开回应。金与正称韩国“甚至要求道歉”，并指责其“实在卑劣可耻”。
在韩国温和派总统李在明要求朝鲜恢复对话的背景下，这位朝鲜实权人物的言论可能会令两国关系改善的希望破灭——尽管韩国军方已要求朝鲜道歉。
The powerful North Korean figure's statement could dampen any hopes of smoother relations between the neighbours after South Korea's dovish President Lee Jae Myung had urged Pyongyang to return to dialogue despite his military's call for an apology.
自1950年至1953年的朝鲜战争以停战而非和平条约告终后，朝韩两国在法律上仍处于战争状态。
Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
自2024年起，朝鲜领导人金正恩将韩国定为“首要敌人”，此后平壤军方便在边境地带布设地雷、修建反坦克障碍物，试图永久封锁边境。
Since 2024, after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un designated South Korea as his country's "principal enemy," Pyongyang's military has laid mines and built anti-tank barriers along the frontier as part of efforts to permanently seal it off.
据韩国国防部长官姜信彻透露，这些地雷很可能是平壤方面实施边境加固工程时布设的。
The North Korean mines were believed to have been laid as part of Pyongyang's border fortification work, according to South Korea's defence minister Kang Shin-chul.
负责监督朝鲜战争停战协定执行及非军事区南侧事务的以美国为首的联合国军司令部也于周三宣布，在韩国一侧的边境地带发现了一枚仍在起作用的朝鲜反步兵地雷。“闹剧”自2025年6月执政以来，李在明扭转了其强硬派前任尹锡悦的立场，提出在不设前提条件的情况下与拥有核武器的朝鲜展开对话。
The US-led United Nations Command, which oversees the Korean War armistice and the southern side of the DMZ, also said Wednesday it had found an active North Korean anti-personnel mine on the South Korean side of the border. "FARCE" South Korea's Lee has reversed the stance of his hawkish predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol since taking power in June 2025, offering nuclear-armed Pyongyang talks without preconditions.
他周四表示，希望朝鲜“在经历长期中断后，如今能与我们一同踏上恢复互信并重启对话的道路”——就在前一天，韩国军方还要求朝鲜道歉。
He said Thursday that he hoped the North would "join us now on the path of restoring trust and resuming dialogue, following a long interruption" - a day after the military demanded an apology.
“我的政府将始终致力于采取切实措施来缓解朝韩之间的军事紧张局势，”李在明说道。
"My administration will consistently pursue practical measures to reduce military tensions between the two Koreas," Lee said.
然而，金与正对李在明的最新倡议嗤之以鼻，称其为“一场所有人都应当观看的闹剧的高潮”。分析人士指出，重新在朝韩边境播放朝鲜长期反感并极力排斥的韩国流行音乐，或许是对上月爆炸事件的一种回应手段。
However, Kim Yo Jong ridiculed Lee's latest overture, calling it "the climax of the farce that everyone should watch." Resuming blaring K-pop music - which the isolated North has long bristled at - across the border has been floated by analysts as a possible response to last month's blast.
但也有观点认为，对于本就饱受动荡与危险困扰的边境居民而言，首尔几乎没有切实可行的报复手段，贸然行动只会给他们带来更多负担。
But others say Seoul has few realistic options for retaliation without further burdening border residents already exposed to disruption and danger.
此次事态升级之际，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普近期向平壤释放的友好信号引发了担忧：作为美国盟友的韩国，可能会在涉及朝鲜的核谈判中被边缘化。而朝鲜背后还有俄罗斯与中国的支持。
李在明上月曾表示，华盛顿应当寻求冻结而非立即废除朝鲜的核计划，并相应给予制裁减免。
The flare-up comes as US President Donald Trump's recent overtures to Pyongyang raised concerns that Seoul, an ally of Washington, could be sidelined in potential nuclear talks involving the North, which is backed by Russia as well as China. Lee said last month that Washington should seek a freeze, rather than the immediate elimination, of North Korea's nuclear programme and offer sanctions relief in return.