UN SECURITY COUNCIL MULLS TIGHTENING SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA |北韓試射新型飛彈 國際擬加重制裁

Another round of missile test has shown Pyongyang's weapons technology is progressing faster than expected. As countries in the region become increasingly on alert, an emergency meeting was called at the UN Security Council. A long-range ballistic rocket launched on the 14th of this month by North Korea was said to reach 2,000 kilometers in altitude and could potentially cover a range of 4,500 to 5,000 kilometers, according to Japanese and South Korean sources. This means both Alaska and Guam could become potential targets. At the same time, the country's missiles can now carry nuclear warheads as large as 1,000 kilograms. Pyongyang's weapons technology is progressing faster than expected. ==NIKKI HALEY U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations== No one is immune to the threat of North Korea. Not one country is immune to the threat of North Korea. And so if every country does not act, if every country does not impose sanctions that are in response to the U.N. resolutions we've already passed. If every country does not look at new sanctions to put on North Korea then you are allowing them to continue the acts that they are doing and you are supporting them in the process. And that is something the international community will have to decide. The U.S. is asking the world not to look away from North Korea's increasingly provocative behavior, and South Korea says it is on the same page with the United States when it comes to denuclearizing North Korea. ==CHO TAE-YUL South Korean Ambassador to the United Nations== North Korea is at the final stages of nuclear weapon development. Time is running out and the clock is ticking towards the tipping point. South Korea's newly elected president Moon Jae-in is scheduled to meet with Trump in the White House in June. The two men are expected to discuss, among other issues, countermeasures against North Korea. TRANSLATED BY: ANTHONY LIN 北韓在14號試射新型彈道飛彈、展現超乎外界預期的性能。除了周邊國家提高警戒，聯合國安理會也召開緊急會議，在表達強烈譴責北韓之餘，美日韓也研商推動新的制裁措施。 北韓在14號試射名為火星12號的飛彈。日本方面分析彈道的高度超過2000公里，韓國國防部也在國會報告指出，北韓新型飛彈的最大射程，估計在4500到5000公里之間。除了日韓之外，阿拉斯加和關島都在射程範圍內。雖然一時之間還無法攻擊夏威夷，但北韓已經可以把500到1000公斤重的核彈頭，安裝在飛彈上。相關科技的進展，超乎外界原先的預期。 美國駐聯合國大使 海莉 沒有人可以自外於北韓的威脅，沒有任何國家可以免於北韓的威脅。如果各國不採取行動，不去制裁(北韓)來落實聯合國決議，如果各國不對北韓實施新的制裁，就等於放任他們為所欲為，支持他們危害世界。各國必須對此有所決斷。 美國呼籲各國不要用消極態度、變相助長北韓的氣燄。韓國政府也強調，在要求北韓廢棄核武計畫方面，美韓兩國的目標是一致的。 韓國駐聯合國大使 趙兌烈 北韓核武發展已進入最後階段，面對這個轉捩點，我們沒有時間了。 韓國新當選的總統文在寅，競選期間對於北韓問題，表現出和美日等國相當不同的態度。不過文在寅就職後沒幾天，北韓就試射威力強大的新型飛彈，也讓上星期邀請文在寅訪美的川普政府，多了一個著力點。 經過雙方外交代表的會商，韓國新總統文在寅預計在6月份，訪問白宮會見美國總統川普。儘管詳細的日程與會談主題還沒有敲定，但外電報導認為，美韓雙方研擬因應北韓威脅的共同對策，將是這次高峰會的重點。 記者徐家仁 報導