朝鮮未顯示任何去核跡象

A week after U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat, his top military official cautioned there are no new signs Pyongyang is doing anything to denuclearize.

"I'm not aware of it," U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon. "I wouldn't expect that at this point," he added. "[We're] obviously at the very front end of the process. The detailed negotiations have not begun."

Trump declared the threat of a nuclear North Korea had ended June 13, following his summit in Singapore with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

"Everybody can now feel much safer than the day I took office," Trump tweeted upon returning to the U.S. "There is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea. Meeting with Kim Jong Un was an interesting and very positive experience. North Korea has great potential for the future!"

But a day later, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned tough sanctions would remain in place until the U.S. can verify Pyongyang's "complete denuclearization."

Pompeo has said he expects to return to North Korea in the near future to hammer out details of the U.S. deal with Pyongyang. As part of that agreement, President Trump has pledged to end U.S. and South Korea "war games."

South Korean officials this week said they had agreed to suspend the annual Freedom Guardian exercise with the U.S., originally scheduled to take place in August.
美國總統川普宣稱朝鮮不再構成核威脅一星期後，美國軍方高官警告說，沒有任何新的跡象顯示朝鮮在進行去核。

美國國防部長馬蒂斯星期三在五角大樓對記者說：“我不瞭解有這樣的行動。”他還說：“目前我也沒有這樣的預期。（我們）處於這個進程的開端。詳細的談判還沒有開始。”

川普總統在新加坡與朝鮮領導人金正恩舉行峯會之後於6月13號宣稱，朝鮮的核威脅已經結束。

川普總統從新加坡返回美國後在推特上發文說：“所有人都能感到現在比我剛上任時要更安全。已經不再有朝鮮的核威脅。與金正恩會面是一次有趣和非常積極的經歷。朝鮮將來有巨大的潛力！”

不過一天之後，美國國務卿蓬佩奧警告說，在美國能夠覈查平壤徹底去核之前，嚴厲的制裁仍將繼續。

蓬佩奧曾表示，他預計很快還將訪問朝鮮，敲定美國和朝鮮達成協議的細節。根據這一協議，川普總統承諾停止美韓聯合軍演。

韓國官員本星期說，他們同意取消原定8月與美國聯合舉行的自由衛士軍演。