美國要使用一切可行手段應對朝鮮核威脅大綱

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is visiting South Korea amid rising concern over North Korea's nuclear program and worries about increasing sophistication of the North's missiles.

Ambassador Samantha Power visited the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone and toured the line that separates the two Koreas. Her visit comes as analysis of satellite images suggests Pyongyang may soon test an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Power told a news conference in Seoul the United States will use all available means to isolate the regime in Pyongyang.

"We are committed to using all the tools in our toolkit to address the serious threat, including diplomatic pressures we are mobilizing around the world to convince other nations to isolate the regime."

Power met with South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn to discuss North Korea's nuclear program. She emphasized the close ties between the United States and its ally on the Korean peninsula.

"While the United States may be farther away geographically from the DPRK than you are, we take the threat that the DPRK poses just as seriously. We understand that this is not only a threat to the United States and the Republic of Korea, but to the very foundation of our international order."

The United States and South Korea have urged governments around the world to take action against North Korea. Reports say they are applying pressure to stop North Korea from sending guest workers overseas to earn money for the regime.

There are also calls for tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions after the North's fifth nuclear test last month in defiance of U.N. sanctions.美國駐聯合國大使薩曼莎∙鮑爾正在韓國訪問。目前人們對於朝鮮核武器項目以及導彈技術發展的擔心日益嚴重。

薩曼莎∙鮑爾大使參觀了朝韓非軍事區韓國一側和三八線。目前有衛星圖像顯示，平壤可能很快會實驗洲際彈道導彈。

鮑爾大使在首爾記者會上說，美國將使用一切可能的手段來孤立平壤政權。

她說：“我們將使用一切可能的工具在應對這一嚴重威脅，包括外交壓力，我們正在說服世界其他國家來孤立朝鮮政權。“

鮑爾與韓國總理黃教安，討論朝鮮核項目問題。她強調了美國與韓國的緊密關係。

鮑爾說：“儘管地理上美國距離朝鮮比較遠，不過我們對於朝鮮構成的威脅和你們一樣重視。我們理解這不僅是對美國與韓國的威脅，也威脅着國際秩序的基礎。”

美國與韓國呼籲世界各國對朝鮮採取行動。有報道說，兩國在施加壓力制止朝鮮向海外輸送勞工賺取外匯。

朝鮮上個月不顧聯合國制裁進行了第五次核試驗，有關國家還呼籲聯合國對朝鮮實施更嚴厲的制裁。