朝鲜周六向海域发射一枚弹道导弹，韩国和日本方面表示，此前一天朝鲜拒绝了首尔关于其地雷炸伤士兵的指控。
North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea on Saturday, South Korea and Japan said, a day after it rejected Seoul’s accusation of its mines wounding soldiers.
韩国军方表示，该导弹于当地时间上午6时30分左右从元山地区发射，飞向东海（即日本海），飞行距离超过700公里（约434英里）。首尔和华盛顿正在分析此次试射的细节。
The missile was launched from the Wonsan area at about 6.30am towards the East Sea – also known as the Sea of Japan – and flew more than 700km (434 miles), the South Korean military said. Seoul and Washington were analysing the test for details, it added.
日本海上保安厅援引防卫省消息称，该飞行物体可能是弹道导弹，似乎已经落下，并警告船只采取预防措施。
Japan’s coast guard, citing the defence ministry, said the object may have been a ballistic missile and appeared to have come down, warning ships to take precautions.
韩国军方表示，已加强对后续导弹试射的监视，并将与美日共享情报。韩国总统室国家安全保障会议周六召开紧急会议评估局势。
South Korea’s military said it heightened its monitoring of any further missile tests and would share intelligence with the US and Japan. The South Korean presidential office’s national security council convened an emergency meeting on Saturday to assess the situation.
朝鲜领导人金正恩的胞妹、实权人物金与正周五发表声明，驳回首尔要求其就“朝鲜地雷在非军事区重伤韩国士兵”道歉的要求——非军事区是两韩之间戒备森严的缓冲地带。
Pyongyang’s Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of ruler Kim Jong-un, issued a statement on Friday that dismissed Seoul’s demand for an apology for what it said were North Korean mines that seriously wounded South Korean soldiers in the demilitarised zone – the heavily guarded buffer between the two Koreas.
韩国总统李在明周四敦促平壤重返对话，尽管其军方前一天还要求道歉。金与正回应称首尔“实在卑鄙”，并嘲讽李在明的最新示好是“人人都该看看的闹剧高潮”。
South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, had urged Pyongyang on Thursday to return to dialogue, despite his military demanding an apology a day earlier. Kim Yo-jong responded by calling Seoul “really despicable” and ridiculing Lee’s latest overture, calling it “the climax of the farce that everyone should watch”.
金与正还警告称，朝鲜对首尔因地雷爆炸可能采取的任何行动“已做好万全准备”——这番言论发表翌晨，朝鲜即进行弹道导弹发射。
Kim also warned that Pyongyang was “ready for anything” Seoul might do over the mine blast – remarks followed the next morning by North Korea’s ballistic missile launch.
韩国本周表示，三名在横跨朝鲜半岛、宽4公里的缓冲区内执行侦察任务的韩国士兵受伤，系朝鲜地雷所致。
South Korea said this week that North Korean mines caused the blast that injured three South Korean soldiers on a reconnaissance mission inside the 4km-wide buffer zone that stretches across the Korean peninsula.
郑成昌是首尔世宗研究所（一家朝鲜问题研究中心）的副所长，他表示，此次导弹试射可能是平壤试图引发韩国对金与正言论做出回应的举动。他补充说，朝鲜也可能试射了一种新型导弹。
The missile test might be an attempt by Pyongyang to draw a response from South Korea to the sister’s statement, said Cheong Seong-chang, vice-president at the Sejong Institute in Seoul, a research centre on North Korean affairs. North Korea might also have tested a new type of missile, he added.
今年以来，朝鲜已进行了10多次导弹试射。部分试射发生在朝鲜抗议首尔与华盛顿举行联合军演之后。
North Korea has launched missile tests on more than 10 occasions so far this year. Some came after North Korea protested against joint military drills between Seoul and Washington.
近年来，朝鲜加大了对韩敌对姿态，放弃了将统一作为国家目标，并称韩国为其“头号敌人”。
North Korea has ramped up hostility against the South in recent years, disavowing unification as a national goal and calling South Korea its “primary foe”. With Agence France-Presse