西方国家质疑朝鲜拥有氢弹言论

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.

周四，朝鲜最高领导人金正恩称该国已研制出氢弹，这是朝鲜拥有原子弹后又一进步，但是外国专家对此言论表示质疑。

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.

金正恩在参观平壤市平川区革命遗址时发表这一言论，这显示了其父金正日及爷爷金日成的丰功伟绩，金正日于2011年去世，金日成是朝鲜建国领导人及荣誉主席，朝中社报道。

The work of Kim Il-sung "turned the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) into a powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate a self-reliant A-bomb and H-bomb to reliably defend its sovereignty and the dignity of the nation," KCNA quoted Kim Jong-un as saying.

金日成的功绩是“把朝鲜建设成一个拥有核武器的国家，并能启用国产核弹和氢弹以捍卫国家主权和尊严”，朝中社引用金正恩的话。

A hydrogen bomb, also known as a thermonuclear bomb, uses more advanced technology to produce a significantly more powerful blast than an atomic bomb.

氢弹，也称为热核炸弹，采用更先进的技术使得爆破产生的威力比原子弹更大。

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.

朝鲜分别于2006年、2009年和2013年进行了三次地下核试验，为此，朝鲜一直受到联合国安理会的制裁，并禁止对朝鲜核武器计划的贸易和资助活动。

The country has said its pursuit of nuclear weapons is an outcome of the US hostile policy toward it.

而朝鲜表示其寻求核武器是因美国的对朝敌对政策。

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.

韩国情报机构的一位官员告诉韩国联合通讯社，没有证据表明朝鲜拥有氢弹的能力，他觉得这只是金正日在夸大其词。

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.

周四，中国外交部表示，中国正致力于通过对话解决问题，确保朝鲜半岛的无核化。“我们希望各方能为改善朝鲜半岛的情况、维护朝鲜半岛和平稳定做出建设性努力，”在例行的新闻发布会上，外交部发言人华春莹在被问及金正日的言论时表示。

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年有关朝核问题的会谈终止以来，中国一直在寻求恢复朝核问题六方会谈，但没有迹象表明何时会重新开启。六方会谈涉及中国、俄罗斯、朝鲜、韩国、美国和日本六国。

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年两国冲突休战后，并无条约结束，朝鲜和韩国便一直处于战争状态，朝鲜威胁要摧毁韩国及其主要盟友美国。

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.

虽然此前进行过地下试验，但外国专家怀疑朝鲜缺乏实现将核弹头置于导弹的能力，尽管此前朝鲜宣称已成功实现武器小型化。

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.

如果朝鲜拥有氢弹的说法是真的，这将表明朝鲜寻求核武器的进步。“我认为目前这是不可能的，而且也并没有正在研发氢弹的各种设备”，美国加州的米德尔波里学院的杰弗里·刘易斯表示。但有可能朝鲜指的是核装备增产的技术，可能是指使用聚变燃料的技术。

North Korea claimed in 2010 that it had successfully developed fusion technology.

在2010年，朝鲜已声称能成功开发聚变技术。

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.

只有领导和专家组成的核心圈子能了解已经取得的进展，所以外界要评估朝鲜核计划的进程相当困难。