西方國家質疑朝鮮擁有氫彈言論
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un appeared on Thursday to claim his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, a step up from the less powerful atomic bomb, but outside experts were skeptical.
週四，朝鮮最高領導人金正恩稱該國已研製出氫彈，這是朝鮮擁有原子彈後又一進步，但是外國專家對此言論表示質疑。Kim made the comments as he toured the Phyongchon Revolutionary Site, which marks the feats of his father who died in 2011 and his grandfather, state founder and eternal president, Kim Il-sung, the official KCNA news agency said.
金正恩在參觀平壤市平川區革命遺址時發表這一言論，這顯示了其父金正日及爺爺金日成的豐功偉績，金正日於2011年去世，金日成是朝鮮建國領導人及榮譽主席，朝中社報道。
金日成的功績是“把朝鮮建設成一個擁有核武器的國家，並能啓用國產核彈和氫彈以捍衛國家主權和尊嚴”，朝中社引用金正恩的話。
A hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb, uses more advanced technology to produce a significantly more powerful blast than an atomic bomb.
氫彈，也稱爲熱核炸彈，採用更先進的技術使得爆破產生的威力比原子彈更大。North Korea conducted underground tests to set off nuclear devices in 2006, 2009 and 2013, for which it has been subject to UN Security Council sanctions banning trade and financing activities that aid its weapons program.
朝鮮分別於2006年、2009年和2013年進行了三次地下核試驗，爲此，朝鮮一直受到聯合國安理會的制裁，並禁止對朝鮮核武器計劃的貿易和資助活動。The country has said its pursuit of nuclear weapons is an outcome of the US hostile policy toward it.
而朝鮮表示其尋求核武器是因美國的對朝敵對政策。An official at South Korea’s intelligence agency told Yonhap news agency there was no evidence that the North had hydrogen bomb capacity, and believed Kim was speaking rhetorically.
韓國情報機構的一位官員告訴韓國聯合通訊社，沒有證據表明朝鮮擁有氫彈的能力，他覺得這只是金正日在誇大其詞。The Chinese foreign ministry said on Thursday that China was dedicated to ensuring the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and resolving problems through dialogue. "We hope that all sides can do more to ameliorate the situation and make constructive efforts to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula," ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing when asked about Kim’s remarks.
週四，中國外交部表示，中國正致力於通過對話解決問題，確保朝鮮半島的無核化。“我們希望各方能爲改善朝鮮半島的情況、維護朝鮮半島和平穩定做出建設性努力，”在例行的新聞發佈會上，外交部發言人華春瑩在被問及金正日的言論時表示。China has been seeking to resume the Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear issue since the last one ended in 2009. But no signs show it will take place any time soon. The six parties involved are China, Russia, North Korea, South Korea, the US and Japan.
自2009年有關朝核問題的會談終止以來，中國一直在尋求恢復朝核問題六方會談，但沒有跡象表明何時會重新開啓。六方會談涉及中國、俄羅斯、朝鮮、韓國、美國和日本六國。North Korea and South Korea remain technically at war after their 1950-53 conflict ended in a truce, not a treaty. The North has threatened to destroy the South and its major ally, the US.
自1950-1953年兩國衝突休戰後，並無條約結束，朝鮮和韓國便一直處於戰爭狀態，朝鮮威脅要摧毀韓國及其主要盟友美國。Despite the underground tests, outside experts suspect the North is short of achieving the capability to put a nuclear warhead on a missile, although it has boasted it had succeeded in the miniaturization of a weapon.
雖然此前進行過地下試驗，但外國專家懷疑朝鮮缺乏實現將核彈頭置於導彈的能力，儘管此前朝鮮宣稱已成功實現武器小型化。If the hydrogen bomb claim is true, it would indicate advances in the North’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. "I think it’s unlikely that they have an H-bomb at the moment, but I don’t expect them to keep testing basic devices indefinitely, either," said Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. It was possible the North was referring to the technology of boosting the yield of a nuclear device, possibly using fusion fuel, Lewis said.
如果朝鮮擁有氫彈的說法是真的，這將表明朝鮮尋求核武器的進步。“我認爲目前這是不可能的，而且也並沒有正在研發氫彈的各種設備”，美國加州的米德爾波里學院的傑弗裏·劉易斯表示。但有可能朝鮮指的是核裝備增產的技術，可能是指使用聚變燃料的技術。North Korea claimed in 2010 that it had successfully developed fusion technology.
在2010年，朝鮮已聲稱能成功開發聚變技術。Assessing progress of the North’s nuclear program is difficult because no one outside a close circle of leaders and experts knows what advances have been made.
只有領導和專家組成的核心圈子能瞭解已經取得的進展，所以外界要評估朝鮮核計劃的進程相當困難。
