韩国周二表示，如果朝鲜付诸行动以加强其在边境的军事姿态，将作出严厉回应，此举已加剧朝鲜半岛的紧张局势。
Korea on Tuesday vowed a stern response if North Korea acts on threats to strengthen its military posture along the border, which have fueled tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
在一份声明中，首尔国防部表示，对平壤威胁在边境部署额外的战术打击武器并恢复向南方进行广播的行为深感忧虑。
In a statement, Seoul's Defence Ministry expressed grave concern over Pyongyang's threats to deploy additional tactical strike weapons along the border and resume loudspeaker broadcasts towards the South.
声明称，威胁的升级和交换增加了在武装严密的边境发生冲突的可能性，并削弱了韩国总统李在明上任后不久所取得的外交成果。
The escalation and exchange of threats has raised the possibility of clashes along the heavily armed border and undercuts diplomatic gains made by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung soon after he took office.
国防部表示，韩国在军事分界线（MDL）附近进行的广播和警告射击是一种“合法的防御措施”，旨在防止入侵并迫使越线的朝鲜部队撤退。
The ministry said South Korea's broadcasts and warning shots near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) were a "legitimate defensive measure" aimed at preventing incursions and forcing North Korean troops who crossed the line to withdraw.
“如果朝鲜以我们的合法措施为借口进行进一步的挑衅，我们将坚决惩罚它，”国防部表示。
"If North Korea uses our legitimate measures as a pretext to carry out further provocations, we will punish it resolutely,” the ministry said.
国防部敦促平壤停止其所谓的无端指责，停止跨越军事分界线的入侵，并回应双方就该线问题解决分歧的努力。
It urged Pyongyang to stop making what it called groundless claims, halt incursions across the MDL and respond to efforts to resolve differences between the two sides over the line.
韩国联合参谋本部主席金永胜在视察前线陆军指挥部时检查了军事准备情况，并下令开展旨在加强首尔在非军事区主动性的行动，韩国军方在另一份声明中表示。
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Jin Young-seung reviewed military readiness while visiting a frontline army command, and ordered operations aimed at strengthening Seoul’s initiative in the Demilitarized Zone, its military said in a separate statement.
“我们不能容忍朝鲜将我们的合法行动措施错误地描述为挑衅，并将加剧的军事紧张局势的责任推给我们的军队，”金永胜表示。
"We cannot tolerate North Korea falsely characterising our legitimate operational measures as provocations and shifting responsibility for heightened military tensions onto our military,” Jin said.
他表示，朝鲜应对上月在军事分界线以南埋设地雷、导致韩国士兵严重受伤的事件负责，称该事件“是一次明显的挑衅”，并违反了停战协定。
He said North Korea was responsible for planting landmines south of the MDL that seriously wounded South Korean soldiers last month, calling the incident “a clear provocation” and a violation of the armistice agreement.
首尔的警告是在朝鲜领导人金正恩的妹妹金与正指责韩国军方在平壤加固边境工程期间鸣枪警告，危及朝鲜士兵之后发出的。
The warnings from Seoul came after North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, sister of leader Kim Jong Un, accused the South Korean military of endangering North Korean soldiers by firing warning shots during Pyongyang’s work to fortify the border.
她威胁恢复朝鲜的扩音器广播，这可能逆转韩国总统李在明所吹嘘的、他重启与平壤外交努力的早期成果之一的关键降级措施。
Her threat to revive North Korean loudspeaker broadcasts risks reversing a key de-escalation measure that South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has touted as an early achievement of his efforts to restart diplomacy with Pyongyang.
自2024年4月起，朝鲜一直在边境沿线布设地雷和障碍物。韩国本月表示，平壤今年已向该地区派遣多达7000名工人，朝鲜人员已约50次越过军事分界线。分析人士表示，对峙增加了军事冲突的风险。
North Korea has been installing mines and barriers along the border since April 2024. South Korea said this month that Pyongyang had deployed as many as 7,000 workers to the area this year and that North Korean personnel had crossed the MDL on about 50 occasions. Analysts said the standoff increased the risk of a military clash.
“如果朝鲜的交火门槛低于韩国现行的交战规则，仅仅重复当前程序就可能足以制造冲突的条件，”韩国统一研究院高级研究员洪敏说。
"If North Korea’s threshold falls below South Korea’s existing rules of engagement, the simple repetition of current procedures could be enough to create the conditions for a clash,” said Hong Min, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification.
帕莱政策研究所创始主任、前联合国军司令部官员迈克尔·博萨克表示，士兵可能将警告射击误认为是漏射的攻击，从而导致“意图误判和潜在的还击风险”。
Michael Bosack, founding director of the Parley Policy Institute and a former UN Command official, said troops could mistake warning shots for missed attacks, risking “misinterpretation of intent and potential counterfires.”