朝鲜于周六上午发射了至少一枚疑似弹道导弹，此前两韩因上个月非军事区发生地雷爆炸导致三名韩国士兵受伤而陷入争端。
North Korea fired off at least one apparent ballistic missile on Saturday morning, amid a row between the two Koreas over a landmine explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone last month.
东京防卫省表示已探测到至少一枚导弹的发射，随后称该导弹几分钟后已落入海中。韩国军方也表示朝鲜向日本海发射了“不明飞行物”。
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo said it had detected the launch of at least one of the missiles, saying later that it had already splashed down several minutes later. South Korea’s military also said the North had fired “an unidentified projectile” toward the Sea of Japan.
据朝鲜官方朝中社报道，一天前，平壤将首尔关于朝鲜地雷炸伤韩国士兵的指控斥为“无根据”，并拒绝了韩方要求道歉的要求。
A day earlier, Pyongyang rejected as “groundless” Seoul’s accusation that North Korean mines had wounded the South Korean soldiers, dismissing the South’s demand for an apology, the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said.
朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹、实权人物金与正表示，朝鲜并未在边境地区故意埋设地雷。
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of the North’s leader, Kim Jong Un, said Pyongyang had not deliberately planted mines in the border zone.
据朝中社另一篇报道，她还表示，这一事件进一步强化了两韩不会有任何接触的观点，尽管韩国总统李在明正在“绝望地努力创造沟通空间”。
She also said the incident had further reinforced the view that there would be no contact between the two Koreas, despite South Korean President Lee Jae Myung’s “desperate efforts to create a space for communication,” a separate KCNA report said.
她补充道，使用朝韩正式名称的缩写，“我们绝不允许朝鲜和韩国之间有任何接触的丝毫空间或余地，也绝不会在任何情况下与他们面对面站立。”
“We will never allow the slightest space or margin for any contact between the DPRK and the ROK nor stand face to face with them in any case,” she added, using the acronyms for the North and South’s formal names, respectively.
拥有核武器的朝鲜上一次试射导弹是在9月20日，几天后来表示，至少有一次发射是“新型武器”——一种疑似高超音速导弹和滑翔飞行器，朝鲜正在开发它作为突破敌方防御的手段。
The nuclear-armed North last tested two missiles on Sept. 20, saying days later that at least one of the launches had been of “a new-type weapon” — an apparent hypersonic missile and glide vehicle that it is developing as a means of besting enemies’ defenses.