朝鲜周四向其东部海岸发射了十余枚短程弹道导弹，韩国国防部表示。尽管韩国提出举行军事会谈，平壤近几周仍加大了武器试验力度。
North Korea fired around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Seoul's defence ministry said. Pyongyang has stepped up weapons tests in recent weeks despite South Korea's offer of military talks.
韩国国防部称，朝鲜周四发射了“十余枚”短程弹道导弹，地点在其东部海岸，这距离韩国就日益升级的边境争端提议举行会谈尚不足一周。
North Korea fired "around a dozen" short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Thursday, Seoul's defence ministry said, less than a week after South Korea proposed talks over a growing border row.
此次发射紧随平壤近期一系列武器试验之后，包括一种新型精确制导鱼雷系统和一种中程高超音速导弹，据称两者均采用了人工智能技术。
The launches follow a slew of recent weapons tests by Pyongyang, including a new precision-guided torpedo system and an intermediate-range hypersonic missile, both of which were said to employ AI technology.
韩国联合参谋本部（JCS）表示，其军方探测到“朝鲜元山地区向东海发射了十余枚短程弹道导弹”，东海即日本海。
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said its military detected "around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles fired from the Wonsan area of North Korea towards the East Sea", the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.
韩国军方称，这些导弹飞行了约250公里，“韩美正在对其具体规格进行详细分析”，并补充说已加强监视，以防可能的后续发射。日本海上保安厅此前曾敦促该海域船只保持警惕。
The missiles flew about 250 kilometres, and "South Korea and the United States are conducting a detailed analysis of their exact specifications", Seoul's military said, adding it had stepped up surveillance of possible additional launches. The Japan Coast Guard had earlier urged ships in the area to be vigilant.
与此同时，韩国国家安保室表示，此次发射违反了联合国安理会决议，将其定性为“毫无助于管控当前局势的严重行为”。
Seoul's National Security Office, meanwhile, said the launches violated UN Security Council resolutions, labelling them "serious acts that do nothing to help manage the current situation".
周四的导弹密集发射发生在朝韩重兵把守的边境发生地雷爆炸、导致三名韩国士兵受伤、紧张局势升级的背景下。
Thursday's missile flurry comes against the backdrop of growing tensions over a landmine explosion along the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas that saw three South Korean soldiers wounded.
本月早些时候，韩国与联合国的联合调查得出结论，认定朝鲜在一年多前埋设了这些地雷。
A joint Seoul-UN investigation earlier this month concluded that North Korea planted the landmines over a year ago.
首尔指责平壤“明确违反《停战协定》”并要求其道歉，朝鲜则以嘲讽的态度予以驳回。“武力展示”“应将其视为一次相当高规格的武力展示，”庆南大学教授林乙哲（Lim Eul-chul）对法新社表示。
Seoul accused Pyongyang of "a clear violation of the Armistice Agreement" and demanded an apology, something the North has mockingly dismissed. 'Show of force' "This should be seen as a fairly high-level show of force," Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University, told AFP.
他说：“朝鲜正在展示其彻底摧毁韩国和美国主要军事设施的能力。”
"North Korea is demonstrating that it has the capability to completely destroy major South Korean and US military facilities," he said.
林补充说，平壤方面也在发出政治信号，“炫耀其压倒性的军事力量，并警告首尔不要干涉其加强边境的努力”。
Pyongyang was also sending a political message, Lim added, by "showing off its overwhelming military power and warning Seoul not to interfere with its efforts to fortify the border".
上周，朝鲜领导人金正恩的强势妹妹金与正表示，朝鲜将在“几天内”在边境沿线部署待命的扩音器，并已将未具体说明的“新反制手段”置于待命状态。
Last week, Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said the North would place loudspeakers on standby along the border "within days" and had put unspecified "new counter means" on alert.
两国偶尔会在共同边境使用扩音器进行宣传广播，并采取其他心理战手段。
Both countries have occasionally turned to loudspeakers blaring propaganda across their shared border and other psychological warfare methods.
几天后，韩国提议与朝鲜举行军事会谈，以“相互确认”两国边境的“确切位置”，并讨论恢复沟通渠道，但平壤方面尚未回应。
South Korea days later proposed military talks with the North to "mutually confirm the precise location" of their border and discuss restoring communication channels, but Pyongyang has yet to respond.
非军事区是世界上防御最严密的前线之一，地雷事件此前曾加剧两国之间的紧张局势。
The DMZ is one of the world's most heavily fortified frontiers, and landmine incidents have previously heightened tensions between the two countries.
首尔和平壤在技术上仍处于战争状态，因为朝鲜战争于1953年以停战协定而非和平条约结束。
Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war, as the Korean conflict ended in 1953 with a truce rather than a peace treaty.
紧张局势不断升级之际，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普近期向朝鲜示好的举动引发了担忧，即作为华盛顿盟友的首尔可能在涉及平壤的潜在核谈判中被边缘化。
The ratcheting tensions come as US President Donald Trump's recent overtures to North Korea have raised concerns that Seoul – an ally of Washington – could be sidelined in potential nuclear talks involving Pyongyang.
在最近的评论中，特朗普似乎淡化了举行峰会的可能性，同时坚称他与金正恩的关系“非常好”。
In his most recent comments, Trump seemingly downplayed the possibility of a summit while insisting his relationship with Kim Jong-Un was "very good".
10月，朝鲜发射了数枚短程弹道导弹，而就在一天前，特朗普曾暗示两人可能在今年会面。
In October, North Korea launched several short-range ballistic missiles a day after Trump suggested the two might meet this year.