韩国最高军事官员周二下令部队对朝鲜的任何挑衅作出果断回应，此前一天平壤威胁将部署更多武器并恢复在两国高度戒备边境的宣传广播。
South Korea's top military officer on Tuesday ordered troops to respond decisively to any North Korean provocations a day after Pyongyang threatened additional weapons deployments and renewed propaganda broadcasts along their heavily fortified border.
据韩联社报道，参谋本部联合参谋部主席金永盛将军在视察中部前线军事单位时发布了该指令。
Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung issued the directive during a visit to a central front-line military unit, according to Yonhap News Agency.
金永盛否认了朝鲜的指责，即首尔对9月21日导致三名韩国士兵受伤的地雷爆炸事件负责，认为这是紧张局势升级的原因。
Jin rejected North Korea's accusation that Seoul was responsible for escalating tensions following a Sept. 21 landmine explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers.
他表示，朝鲜试图将韩国合法的军事行动描述为挑衅是不可接受的。
He said Pyongyang's attempt to portray legitimate South Korean military operations as provocations was unacceptable.
他下令部队对进一步的挑衅和违反停战协议的行为作出坚决回应，包括越过军事分界线的入侵。
He ordered troops to respond firmly to further provocations and violations of the armistice agreement, including incursions across the Military Demarcation Line.
周一，朝鲜领导人金正恩的姐姐金与正警告称，平壤可能恢复在边境的扩音器宣传广播，并部署更多战术打击武器。她指责首尔使用警告射击和广播来阻碍朝鲜的边境防御工事建设。
On Monday, Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warned that Pyongyang could resume loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts and deploy additional tactical strike weapons along the border. She accused Seoul of using warning shots and broadcasts to obstruct North Korea's border fortification work.
金永盛将9月涉及朝鲜埋设的反人员地雷爆炸事件描述为明显的挑衅和停战协议违反。
Jin described the September explosion involving North Korean-planted antipersonnel mines as a clear provocation and armistice violation.
该事件加剧了两韩之间非军事区的紧张局势，该地区将两韩分隔开来，因为1950年至1953年的朝鲜战争以停战而非正式和平条约结束，两国技术上仍处于战争状态。
The incident has heightened tensions around the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas, which are technically still at war, as the 1950–1953 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a formal peace treaty.