朝鲜韩国火炮交火后相互指责 Verbal Sparring Between Koreas Follows Artillery Exchange

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11 August, 2011

朝鲜和韩国星期三在黄海交界水域发生交火,导致局势紧张,星期四双方相互指责。朝鲜在官方通讯社发表声明,断然否认韩国指其星期三发射多发炮弹因而引发交火的指控。朝鲜说,韩国一定是将边界附近一处建筑施工地点的爆炸作业误当作炮击。
  
韩国官员说,朝鲜开炮的事实无庸置疑,并指朝鲜一贯否认其挑衅行为,不足为信。联合国秘书长潘基文周四在首尔对记者说,对朝鲜和韩国炮兵交火感到关切和遗憾。他说,这显示朝鲜半岛的局势仍然不稳定。

North and South Korea traded verbal volleys Thursday, a day after an artillery exchange in waters near their Yellow Sea border caused tensions to spike.North Korea, in a statement released on its official news agency, flatly denied South Korean charges that it fired off a handful of artillery shells, sparking Wednesday's exchange. It said the South must have been confused by blasting at a construction site near the border.
  
South Korean officials responded there is no doubt that the North fired the shots, and dismissed its claims as typical of a country that routinely denies its provocations. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaking to reporters in Seoul on Thursday, said the artillery exchange left him concerned and regretful. He said the exchange shows the situation on the Korean peninsula remains unstable.