德国总理弗里德里希·梅尔茨周五访问了分隔朝鲜和韩国的非军事区（DMZ），他在亚洲之行即将结束之际进行此访，正值两国紧张局势升级。
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visited the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea on Friday, as he wrapped up his Asia tour amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
“我们德国人知道国家分裂是多么痛苦，”他说，并补充道，那些“坚定地”坚守价值观并拥有“勇气”进行对话的人能够推倒墙壁。
"We Germans know how painful the division of a country is," he said, adding that those who "stand firmly" by their values and have the "courage" to engage in dialogue can tear down walls.
他说，德国站在韩国一边，希望看到朝鲜半岛人民在“自由”中统一。
Germany stands with South Korea and hopes to see the Korean people united in "freedom," he said.
自1950-53年朝鲜战争以停战协定而非和平条约结束以来，朝鲜半岛一直处于分裂状态，导致两韩技术上仍处于战争状态。在前往韩国之前，梅尔茨还访问了新加坡和日本。
The Korean Peninsula has remained divided since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two Koreas technically at war. Merz also visited Singapore and Japan before traveling to South Korea.
朝鲜常驻联合国代表金星周四谴责了联合国朝鲜人权状况特别报告员的报告，称其为对朝鲜政策和主权的恶意攻击，并“以最强烈的措辞”予以拒绝。“脱离国家主权的人权不过是纸上谈兵，而人权对我们来说是绝对不可侵犯的领域，”金星说。
North Korea's permanent representative to the UN, Kim Song, on Thursday condemned a report by the UN special rapporteur on human rights in North Korea, calling it a malicious attack on the country's policies and sovereignty, and rejecting it "in the strongest tone." "Human rights apart from state sovereignty are nothing but an armchair argument, and human rights are an absolutely inviolable domain for us," Kim said.