韓國總統命令軍隊應對朝鮮挑釁可不計政治後果

South Korea's president has made her strongest remarks yet in the escalating war of words with North Korea.

In a meeting Monday with defense ministry officials, President Park Geun-hye is quoted as ordering them to respond early and strongly to any provocation from North Korea, and without any regard to political consequences.

In recent weeks, North Korea has increased tensions with repeated threats of war against the South and the United States in anger over joint military exercises, as well as tightened U.N. Security Council resolutions for its third nuclear test.

It is not clear how Ms. Park's order will affect the U.S. military, which signed an agreement earlier this month giving American troops an expanded role in protecting the South from North Korean provocation.韓國總統在與朝鮮的脣槍舌戰中做出了迄今爲止最強烈的表示。

有關方面說，朴槿惠總統星期一會見韓國國防部官員時，命令他們對來自朝鮮的任何挑釁做出及時有力的反應，而不必考慮政治後果。

美韓兩國舉行聯合軍事演習以及聯合國安理會針對朝鮮進行第三次核試驗而加強制裁，這使平壤感到憤怒，近幾個星期來朝鮮不斷對韓國和美國發出戰爭威脅，而且措辭越來越嚴厲。

目前還不清楚朴槿惠的命令將對美國軍方產生什麼影響，美國與韓國本月早些時候簽署了一項協議，使美國軍隊得以在保護韓國免遭朝鮮挑釁時發揮更大作用。