阿尔格拉常驻台湾，关注两岸关系、防务及地区政治。格林尼治时间上午8点15分，朝鲜威胁要摧毁美国，同时在与韩国边境附近部署了三门榴弹炮。
Allegra is based in Taiwan. She focuses on cross-Strait relations, defence and regional politics 8:15am GMT North Korea has threatened to destroy the US, as it lined up three howitzer guns close to the border with South Korea.
周一，从韩国边境城市金浦可以看到这三门122毫米自行榴弹炮，炮管全部指向南方。
The three 122mm self-propelled howitzers were seen on Monday from the South Korean border town of Gimpo, all with their gun barrels pointed south.
据信，这种榴弹炮的射程约为15英里，这将使韩国处于射程之内。然而，平壤似乎不仅仅是在向首尔发出信号。
This howitzer model is believed to have a range of around 15 miles, which would put South Korea in range. However, it is not only Seoul that Pyongyang appears to be signalling.
在炮口之下，每辆卡车的正面都用韩文写着：“消灭美国帝国主义侵略者，朝鲜人民不共戴天的敌人！”路透社还报道称，有20至30名朝鲜士兵在非军事区（DMZ）内进行围栏作业。非军事区是朝韩之间长达160英里的边境隔离带。
Under the gun, on the front of each truck, was written in Korean: “Destroy the US imperialist aggressors, the sworn enemies of the Korean people!”North Korean troops raise red flags as they are seen conducting drills using the howitzer Reuters also reported that there were between 20 and 30 North Korean soldiers carrying out fence work inside the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ), the 160-mile-long border barrier between the North and South.
尽管专家指出，朝鲜以如此引人注目的方式展示火炮并不寻常，但此次部署的榴弹炮系统似乎是较老的装备，而非该政权新研发的系统。
While experts noted that it was unusual for North Korea to show off artillery in such conspicuous ways, the howitzer systems deployed appear to be older machinery, rather than the regime’s newly developed systems.
韩国联合参谋本部发言人张斗英上校表示：“我们的理解是，朝鲜在沿海地区公开部署了老旧火炮。”他补充说：“虽然朝鲜在近期的声明中提到了新型武器系统，但我们认为此次部署的不能被视为新型武器系统。”
“Our understanding is that North Korea has deployed legacy artillery along coastal areas in plain view,” said Capt Jang Do-young, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman. “While North Korea has mentioned new weapons systems in its recent statements, we believe that this cannot be considered as such,” he added.
自9月非军事区发生地雷爆炸导致三名韩国士兵受伤以来，朝韩之间的紧张局势一直居高不下。
Tensions between North and South Korea have been high since September after a mine blast along the DMZ injured three South Korean soldiers.
首尔要求平壤道歉，但朝鲜政权拒绝道歉，反而指责韩国捏造了这一事件。
North Korean soldiers work on a barbed wire fence along the border Seoul has demanded that Pyongyang apologise, but the regime in the North has refused and instead accused the South of fabricating the episode.
周一，朝鲜官方媒体称，该国已就该事件向联合国安理会提出抗议。
On Monday, North Korean state media said that the country had lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council over the incident.
平壤表示，此案“只不过是企图以‘军事入侵’为名，阻挠和拖延朝鲜加固南部边境的险恶行径”，此处使用了该国正式名称“朝鲜民主主义人民共和国”的英文缩写。
Pyongyang said that the case was “nothing more than a sinister attempt to obstruct and delay the DPRK’s fortification of the southern border by branding it as a ‘military invasion’,” using the acronym for the country’s official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
朝鲜官方媒体补充称，加固南部边境是“为保卫领土安全免受外部侵略威胁而采取的自卫性措施”。
It added that the fortification of its southern border was a “self-defensive measure to safeguard the security of its territory against external threats of aggression”.
金正恩的妹妹金与正上周四表示，平壤将通过边境扩音器向韩国播放反韩宣传内容。美国是韩国最亲密的盟友之一。
Kim Yo-jong, Kim Jong-un’s sister, said last Thursday that Pyongyang would blast anti-South Korean propaganda over loudspeakers along its border. The US is one of South Korea’s closest allies.
2019年，唐纳德·特朗普与金正恩会面。特朗普在第二任期内尚未与朝鲜领导人会面。然而，自特朗普第二次就职以来，他一直渴望与金正恩会面，但他的努力未获回应。平壤对与美国或任何寻求限制其核计划的国家接触均无兴趣。
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in 2019. Mr Trump has not yet met the North Korean leader during his second term in office However, Donald Trump has been eager to meet Kim since he took office for a second time, but his efforts have fallen on deaf ears. Pyongyang has shown no interest in engaging with the US or any country that seeks to restrict its nuclear programme.
虽然特朗普和金正恩下个月都将出席在中国举行的亚太经合组织会议，但两人似乎不会会面。
While Mr Trump and Kim will both be in China next month for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, it does not appear like the two will meet.
“我和他相处得很好，我不确定是否有人在要求会面，”特朗普说。
“I get along with him very well, and I’m not sure that anybody’s asking for a meeting,” Mr Trump said.