首尔，韩国 — — 韩国军方周一表示，朝鲜向其东部海域发射了多枚弹道导弹，这进一步加剧了外交长期冻结期间的紧张局势，也是近期武器展示的一系列行动。
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Monday fired multiple ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, South Korea’s military said, adding to a recent streak of weapons demonstrations that has heightened tensions during a prolonged freeze in diplomacy.
韩国联合参谋本部表示，这些导弹是从朝鲜首都平壤附近地区发射的，近年来朝鲜一直将该机场作为主要发射场。联合参谋本部未立即说明检测到多少枚导弹或其飞行距离。日本防卫省表示，其检测到至少两枚导弹，并评估认为这些武器落在了该国专属经济区以外的水域。
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where the country has used its airport as a major launch site in recent years. The joint chiefs did not immediately specify how many missiles they detected or how far they flew. Japan’s Defense Ministry said it detected at least two missiles and assessed that the weapons landed in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.
此次发射发生在韩国周五首次试飞自主研发的高超音速武器之后，该武器设计为至少达到音速五倍，能够躲避导弹防御系统。总统李在明称这是增强韩国常规防御能力的重要一步。
The launch came days after South Korea on Friday flight-tested its first domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defense systems, which President Lee Jae Myung described as an important step in strengthening the South’s conventional defense capabilities.
尽管朝鲜对首尔保持强硬立场，但为扩大其核能力武器库，朝鲜一直在加强武器测试，包括10月3日测试的朝鲜所称的高超音速中程导弹，旨在躲避韩国和日本的导弹防御系统。
While maintaining a hard line toward Seoul, North Korea has been ramping up weapons testing as it seeks to expand its arsenal of nuclear-capable systems, including an Oct. 3 test of what the North described as a hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan.
朝鲜还进行了其他导弹试射和实弹演习，并服役了一艘新舰艇，因为领导人金正恩继续炫耀其核武器计划，同时拒绝美国和韩国恢复长期停滞外交的提议。
North Korea has also conducted other missile tests and live-fire drills and commissioned a new warship as leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear weapons program while rejecting U.S. and South Korean offers to resume long-stalled diplomacy.
紧张局势进一步加剧，因为上个月在武装严密的朝韩边境附近，三名韩国士兵在地雷爆炸中受伤。韩国军方和美国领导的联合国司令部得出结论，这些爆炸是由朝鲜埋设的装置造成的，而朝鲜否认责任并嘲讽韩国要求道歉的诉求。
Tensions were further worsened after three South Korean soldiers were injured in land mine explosions last month near the heavily armed inter-Korean border. The South’s military and the U.S.-led United Nations Command concluded the blasts were caused by devices planted by North Korea, which has denied responsibility and ridiculed the South’s demands for an apology.
金在近年来已停止与韩国的所有外交与合作，并在与华盛顿进行的大规模核谈判长期僵持期间，将邻国描述为永久的敌人。迄今为止，他一直拒绝美国总统唐纳德·特朗普恢复两国外交的呼吁——该外交进程于2019年破裂——其政府要求华盛顿放弃对平壤的“敌对”政策，并取消要求朝鲜无核化作为谈判前提的条件。
Kim in recent years has halted all diplomacy and cooperation with South Korea and described the neighbor as a permanent enemy during a prolonged stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington. He has so far rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to revive their diplomacy, which broke down in 2019, with his government demanding that Washington abandon its “hostile” policy toward Pyongyang and drop demands for North Korea’s denuclearization as a precondition for talks.
这些紧张局势对李在所不愿，因为他主张与朝鲜接触，并且即使公众对矿难爆发的愤怒日益升温，他也一直在缓和对北方的言论。李还主张加强韩国的常规防御能力，同时减少对美国的依赖。华盛顿单方面决定在8月缩减与韩国的主要军事演习，特朗普援引他与金之间“关系非常好”作为理由。美联社作家Mari Yamaguchi从东京供稿。
The tensions have been a setback for Lee, who favors engagement with North Korea and has tempered his rhetoric toward the North even as public anger grows over the mine blasts. Lee has also called for strengthening South Korea’s conventional defense capabilities while reducing its reliance on the United States. Washington unilaterally decided to scale back a major military exercise with South Korea in August, with Trump citing his “very good relationship” with Kim. AP writer Mari Yamaguchi contributed from Tokyo.