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Lee Jae-myung told the Associated Press: "We hope to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea in a gradual manner."

Lee Jae-myung told the Associated Press: "We hope to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea in a gradual manner."

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September 22nd, 2026

Lee Jae-myung told the Associated Press: "We hope to achieve the denuclearization of North Korea in a gradual manner."

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In light of North Korea's categorical refusal to engage in dialogue and its escalating pursuit of provocative missile tests, South Korea's liberal president, Lee Jae-myung, is striving to bring an end to the decades-long impasse over Pyongyang's nuclear programme through a gradualist approach.

鉴于朝鲜断然拒绝对话并变本加厉地推进挑衅性导弹试验,韩国自由派总统李在明正力图以循序渐进之策,终结围绕朝鲜核计划绵延数十载的僵局。

He declared that his strategic objectives would be pursued in phases: the foremost step being to halt any further development of North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities, subsequently to reduce its nuclear arsenal, and ultimately to achieve complete dismantlement.

他宣称其战略目标将分阶段推进首要之举在于遏止朝鲜核与导弹能力的进一步发展继而削减其核武库最终实现全面拆除

Each step forward, moreover, would be met with commensurate concessions on the political and economic fronts.

而每迈出一步均将以政治与经济层面的让步作为相应回报

This approach is likely to encounter formidable challenges, given that Pyongyang categorically refuses to enter into any diplomatic engagement concerning the weapons it regards as the sole guarantee of the authoritarian leadership's survival.

这一做法恐将遭遇严峻挑战缘于平壤断然拒绝就其奉为专制领导层存续唯一安全保障武器开启任何外交斡旋

Although US President Donald Trump has recently been making strenuous efforts to revive diplomatic engagement, North Korea's weapons-testing activities have only intensified of late.

尽管美国总统唐纳德·特朗普近期着力推动恢复外交接触朝鲜近来的武器试验活动却有增无减

Lee Jae-myung will advance his established plan during this week's United Nations General Assembly session in New York, asserting that both Seoul and Washington are willing to re-engage with Pyongyang.

李在明将于本周纽约联合国大会会议期间推进其既定计划,并宣称首尔与华盛顿均有意愿与平壤重启接触。

"To change the direction of a moving vehicle, one must first bring it to a halt," Lee Jae-myung said on Monday in written responses to questions before departing for the United States.

欲变更一辆行进中车辆的行驶方向必先使其停止,”李在明于周一启程赴美前以书面形式答复提问时如是表示

"Adopting a phased strategy of freeze, reduction, and dismantlement is the realistic path to genuinely resolving the North Korean nuclear issue."

采取停止、削减与拆除的分阶段方略,乃切实化解朝核问题之现实路径。”

Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to attend the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, where he will deliver a speech.

李在明定于周二莅临联合国大会,届时将发表演讲。

North Korea's ever more sophisticated nuclear arsenal inevitably prompts outsiders to wonder: can its nuclear disarmament really be achieved at a single strokeor is it, in the end, nothing more than a pipe dream?

朝鲜日臻精进核武库不禁令外界质疑其核裁军究竟能否一蹴而就——抑或终究不过是镜花水月

Trump claimed last month that North Korea possesses 57 nuclear weapons, while some experts assert that Pyongyang's stockpile of nuclear warheads has already surpassed one hundred.

特朗普上月声称朝鲜坐拥57枚核武器部分专家则断言平壤方面持有的核弹头已逾百枚

A great many argue that North Korea should be persuaded to accept phased denuclearization as a quid pro quo, thereby securing economic and political gains.

为数众多者主张,当以分阶段弃核为条件说服朝鲜,藉此换取经济与政治上的利益。

"Given that North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities have already evolved to such an extent, it would be anything but a practicable policy to simply sit back and wait for the moment when complete denuclearization can be achieved in one fell swoop before taking any action," Lee Jae-myung remarked.

鉴于朝鲜的核与导弹能力已然演进至如斯境地若一味坐待能够一蹴而就实现全面无核化之时机方始采取行动实非切实可行之策,”李在明如是说

"For in the interim, North Korea's nuclear capabilities are bound to keep mounting, and the threat they pose will escalate accordingly, layer upon layer."

盖因在此期间朝鲜的核能力势将持续攀升其所构成的威胁亦将随之层层升级。”

Lee Jae-myung has recently been vigorously pushing for talks aimed at formally bringing an end to the Korean War of 1950 to 1953.

李在明近期力促举行会谈旨在正式终结1950年至1953年朝鲜战争

He asserts that by such means it becomes possible to seek out a strategy for curbing North Korea's nuclear programme.

他声称借此途径便可探寻遏制朝鲜核计划方略

Some harbor grave misgivings, contending that this gambit of Lee Jae-myung's may well induce North Korea, having secured what it covetsrelief from sanctions, for instanceto then balk at wholly renouncing its nuclear program.

一些人忧心忡忡,认为李在明的这一策略或将致使朝鲜在攫取其觊觎之物——诸如制裁的松绑——之后,便拒绝彻底弃绝其核计划。

To forestall such an outcome, Lee Jae-myung stated that negotiators must make it clear to North Korea that "progress toward stability and lasting peace constitutes a realistic and viable path to a secure and prosperous future."

为防止此种局面,李在明表示,谈判代表须向朝鲜阐明,“迈向稳定与持久和平,乃是通往安全繁荣未来的现实且可行之路”。

Whichever path is pursued, whether North Korea will promptly return to the negotiating table remains, as things stand, far from settled.

无论诉诸何种路径,朝鲜能否迅即重返谈判桌,目前仍远非定论。

When Trump scaled back a major military exercise with South Korea last month, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, North Korea scoffed at the American president's gesture, asserting that trimming merely one component of the drills did nothing whatsoever to alter their fundamentally provocative character.

当特朗普以与朝鲜领导人金正恩维系着“非常好的关系”为由,于上月缩减与韩国的一场重大军事演习之际,朝鲜对美国总统此番举措嗤之以鼻,声称仅削减演习之一部分,丝毫不足以改变其挑衅本质。

Since then, Pyongyang has conducted three rounds of weapons launches and has repeatedly inveighed against what it characterizes as American hostility.

自此以降平壤方面已实施三轮武器发射并屡次对其所指称的美国敌意予以抨击

Experts suggest that North Korea may be hoping for more substantive concessions from the United States.

专家指出朝鲜或冀望美国作出更为实质性的让步

Lee Jae-myung harbours the expectation that a resumption of diplomatic engagement between Trump and Kim Jong-un could serve as the catalyst for rekindling dialogue between the two Koreas.

李在明期望特朗普金正恩之间外交互动重启能够成为推动朝韩恢复对话的契机。

He characterised Trump's overture as "a deliberate step intended to convey an unequivocal message, namely that the United States harbours no hostility towards North Korea".

将特朗普的举措称为一项有意采取的步骤旨在发出明确信息美国对朝鲜没有敌意”。

He further stated that South Korea and the United States "remain willing to engage with North Korea without preconditions".

他并表示韩国与美国仍愿意在没有先决条件的情况下与朝鲜接触”。

"What is urgently needed at this juncture is political resolve at the leadership level.

当下所亟需的,乃是领导人层面政治决断

The two leaders ought to build mutual trust and, through face-to-face engagement, join hands in seeking common ground," Lee Jae-myung said.

两位领导人理应构筑互信并通过面对面接触携手探寻共识,”李在明如是说

When Trump announced the scaling back of the exercises on social media, he had not consulted South Korea in advance.

特朗普在社交媒体上发布缩减演习的消息时,并未事先与韩国协商

The post also mentioned what Trump described as Lee Jae-myung's refusal to join the United States' push for the "denuclearization" of Iran.

帖文提及特朗普所称的李在明拒绝加入美国推动伊朗无核化”一事。

This move has stirred concerns about the U.S.–South Korea alliance.

此举引发了人们对美韩同盟的担忧。

Lee Jae-myung acknowledged that Trump's decision was "somewhat unexpected."

李在明承认特朗普的决定有些出人意料”。

Nevertheless, Lee Jae-myung stated that Trump professed a commitment to fostering conditions conducive to dialogue and expressed an expectation of de-escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

然而李在明表示特朗普宣称其致力于营造有利于对话的条件并期望缓和朝鲜半岛的对抗态势

Lee Jae-myung remarked that the strategic interests of South Korea and the United States are deeply intertwined across a wide range of domains, and that he intends to forge a more mutually beneficial partnership during the remainder of Trump's term in office.

李在明称韩美两国战略利益在广泛领域内深度交织他拟在特朗普余下的任期内构建一种更具互利性的伙伴关系

By way of illustration, Lee Jae-myung indicated that the planned shipbuilding cooperation would not only revitalize the American shipbuilding industry and naval capabilities but would also open up fresh growth opportunities for South Korean enterprises.

举例而言李在明表示计划中的造船合作不仅将重振美国造船业与海军力量亦将为韩国企业开辟新的增长机遇

Lee Jae-myung declared on Friday that he would never allow his country's military to be dragged into the hostilities in Iran.

李在明于周五宣称绝不容许本国军队被裹挟进伊朗战事之中。

He disclosed that his government was contemplating broadening the military operations of a naval unit stationed in the Gulf of Aden in order to safeguard South Korean vessels and oil shipping lanes.

他透露其政府正酝酿扩大一支驻扎于亚丁湾的海军部队的军事行动以护卫韩国船舶石油运输航线

Lee Jae-myung is expected to hold a meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

李在明预计将在联合国大会期间与特朗普举行会晤

When asked about the conspicuous teenage daughter of the 42-year-old North Korean leader, Lee Jae-myung said his government had detected signs of "her rising status" and was keeping all possibilities open.

当被询及这位42岁朝鲜领导人那位引人瞩目的十几岁女儿时,李在明表示,其政府已察觉到“她地位上升”的迹象,并对一切可能性均持开放态度。

"Yet, in my humble opinion, at this juncture we must exercise prudence when it comes to making any definitive statement," he remarked.

"然而,窃以为,值此阶段,我们于明确表态一事上务必审慎行事,"他如是说。

South Korea's intelligence agency has repeatedly asserted that she may be the successor to Kim Jong-un, whereas a number of experts beg to differ, on the grounds that North Korea's power hierarchy has traditionally been dominated by men.

韩国情报机构屡次断言她或为金正恩之继承人,而若干专家对此持异议,其依据在于朝鲜权力层级素以男性为主导。

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