朴槿惠总统:朝鲜正在准备进行第5次核试验
South Korea's president said last Monday that there are signs that North Korea is preparing for a fifth nuclear bomb test amid reports of increased activity at the country's main nuclear test site.
韩国总统上周一声称，近日朝鲜主要的核试验基地现场活动频繁，种种情报表明，朝鲜正准备进行第五次核试验。In a regular meeting with her top adviser, President Park Geun-hye said that North Korea could carry out such a test to try to bolster morale as the country deals with tough international sanctions imposed after it conducted a fourth nuclear test and a long-range rocket launch earlier this year.
在与她的高级顾问进行的常规会议上，韩国总统朴槿惠表示，今年年初朝鲜就曾进行过第四次核试验以及发射火箭等军事行动，随后被施行国际制裁。此次核试验或许旨在鼓舞士气。Park didn't elaborate on what signs pointed to another nuclear test, but ordered the military to be ready to deal with any provocation by Pyongyang, according to media pool reports on the first part of the meeting posted on the website of her office.
据总统办公室官方网站上关于会议前半部分的报道显示，朴槿惠并未详细说明究竟是何种迹象指向朝鲜将要进行第五次核试验，但是却下令军队做好准备，应对来自平壤方面的任何挑衅。
Speculation about a fifth nuclear test increased last month when the North's state media cited leader Kim Jong Un as ordering a test of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles capable of carrying warheads.
自从上个月朝鲜媒体引用领导人金正恩的话称，不久后将进行核弹头爆炸试验以及能够装载核弹头的各类弹道火箭发射试验，关于朝鲜近期进行第五次核试验的言论就迅速增加。Analysts say an atomic test could happen before North Korea holds a landmark ruling Workers' Party congress in early May so that Kim can burnish his image as a powerful leader at home and further cement his grip on power.
分析人士认为，朝鲜最有可能在5月初朝鲜劳动党第七次全国代表大会召开前进行核试验，这样一来，金正恩便可以趁此机会再次彰显自己强有力的领导形象，从而进一步巩固势力。South Korea's Yonhap news agency said last Monday that South Korean and U.S. authorities detected two to three times more vehicle and personnel activities than normal this month at the North's northeast Punggye-ri nuclear test site — where all previous four bomb tests took place.
韩联社在上周一声称，美韩两国当局已经侦查到本月朝鲜东北部丰溪里核试验场的车辆、人员和设备数量比3月份增加了两三倍。先前四次核试验正是在该地点进行的。Foreign experts said that a fifth test could put North Korean scientists and engineers a step closer toward a goal of manufacturing a warhead small enough to place on a long-range missile that could reach the U.S. Mainland.
外国专家纷纷表示，第五次核试验很可能会促使朝鲜科学家和工程师制造出一种足够小的核弹头，使其能够应用于洲际导弹，一举将射程延伸到美国境内。
