درس نهم : پوزش به خاطر سیل گرفتگی

مقامات کره شمالی به خاطر این که موجب جاری شدن سیلی شده اند که منجر به مرگ ۶ شهروند کره جنوبی در ماه گذشته شده بود، اظهار تاسف کرده اند. مقامات دو کره شمالی و جنوبی برای رسیدگی به این حادثه با یکدیگر ملاقات و گفتگو کرده اند.

به گزارش گوش دهید

More than five weeks after North Korea released millions of tonnes of water from a dam and sent it surging south across the border, South Korea says it has received the apology it was seeking

The meeting to discuss the incident had been requested by the South Korean government, and according to a spokesman, the officials who travelled to the North Korean city of Kaesong for the talks received an expression of regret from their northern counterparts as well as the offer of condolences to the families of six South Koreans killed in the flooding

North Korea said soon after the incident that it had no choice but to release a large volume of water from its dam on the Imjin river in order to avoid a bigger catastrophe

The flood control talks are being held at the same time as reports suggest North Korea may be preparing to launch more short range missiles. It test fired five missiles off its east coast on Monday. Although short range, South Korea has argued that the tests are provocative as they are in breach of UN resolutions banning the testing of all types of ballistic weaponry. If nothing else, the timing of this latest flexing of military muscle is puzzling. In recent talks with Beijing, Pyongyang is reported to have signalled that it might be willing to return to the stalled nuclear disarmament talks

John Sudworth, BBC News, Seoul

به کلمات گوش دهید

(کره جنوبی) پوزش طلبی را که ( از کره شمالی) انتظار داشت دریافت کرد   received the apology it was seeking

ابراز تاسف                           an expression of regret

تسلیت گفتن                                offer of condolences

برای جلوگیری از بروز فاجعه های بزرگ تر       in order to avoid a bigger catastrophe

آماده شدن برای پرتاب موشک های کوتاه برد بیشتر       preparing to launch more short range missiles

تحریک آمیز                                          provocative

قطعنامه های سازمان ملل متحد را نقض می کنند               are in breach of UN resolutions

تسلیحات بالیستیک (موشکی)                                  ballistic weaponry

تازه ترین تلاش ارتش برای قدرت نمایی                latest flexing of military muscle

گفتگوهای متوقف مانده در باره خلع سلاح هسته ای             stalled nuclear disarmament talks