朝韩决定下周举行高层会谈

North Korea and South Korea have agreed to hold high-level talks next week amid signs of warming relations on the peninsula.

朝鲜和韩国已同意下周举行高层会谈，朝鲜半岛出现两国关系回暖迹象。

The talks will focus on Pyongyang’s potential participation in the Winter Olympics in South Korea next month – an event that Seoul hopes will contribute to peace in a region that has been wracked with tensions in recent months.

会谈将集中讨论朝鲜可能参加下月在韩国举行的冬奥会一事。首尔方面希望，此事将有助于增进地区和平。近几个月来，该地区一直受到局势紧张的困扰。

The decision to hold talks comes shortly after the US and South Korea agreed to postpone annual military exercises until after the Olympics.

就在美韩同意将年度军事演习推迟至冬奥会结束之后不久，朝韩双方决定举行会谈。

Such drills regularly raises the hackles of the regime in Pyongyang, which believes they are a rehearsal for invasion.

这样的军演经常引起平壤政权的愤怒，他们认为这是入侵前的演练。