朝鮮半島南北過境點在平壤切斷熱線後仍運作
A tense border crossing between North and South Korea was operating as usual Thursday, despite Pyongyang cutting a crucial communications link that helped coordinate passage at the border.
儘管平壤切斷了便於協調朝鮮和韓國之間過境事宜的一個重要通訊渠道，過境點的局勢緊張，但星期四過境事宜仍在照常進行。The North on Wednesday cut its last military hotline with Seoul, saying it was no longer necessary since "war may break out at any moment." The phone was also used to arrange passage for South Korean workers at a joint industrial complex in the North.
朝鮮星期三切斷了與首爾之間最後的一條軍方熱線，並聲稱既然“戰爭可能隨時爆發”，聯絡已無必要。這條電話熱線還用於安排韓國工人過境到位於朝鮮境內的一個聯合工業園區。Pyongyang has in the past cut the military hotline, stranding South Korean workers at the complex. But workers ((such as this truck driver Park Chul-hee)) reported business as usual at the Kaesong industrial complex Thursday.
平壤過去曾經切斷這條軍方熱線，使韓國工人滯留開城工業園區。但工人們說，開城工業園區星期四照常運營。
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are at their highest in years, with both the North and the U.S.-backed South demonstrating their military preparedness.
目前，朝鮮半島的緊張氣氛達到幾年來的最高點，朝鮮和得到美國支持的韓國都展示在軍事上做好了準備。In the latest show of force, the U.S. Armed Forces Korea said two B-2 stealth bombers conducted a live-fire training mission over the South Thursday. A statement said the nuclear-capable bombers flew over 10,000 kilometers from a midwestern U.S. base to the Korean peninsula, conducted the firing drill, and returned to the continental U.S. in a "single, continuous mission."
在最近一次軍力展示中，駐韓美軍說，兩架B-52隱形轟炸機星期四在韓國上空執行實彈訓練任務。駐韓美軍發表聲明說，能夠攜帶核彈頭的B-52轟炸機從一個美國中西部基地飛到朝鮮半島參加實彈演習，行程超過1萬公里，隨後返回美國本土，完成了這次持續性單項任務。
