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South Korea says North Korea must immediately withdraw an implicit¹ threat it made this week to civilian² airliners⁴. Major airlines have adjusted their routes.
　
Asiana airline employees work in front of a graphic⁵ screen indicating airroutes at Asiana Airline Operations Control Center in Seoul, South Korea, 06 Mar⁶ 2009

South Korean Unification Ministry⁷ spokesman Kim Ho-nyoun said Friday, North Korea must immediately move to ease worries it has caused about regional air travel.

He urges the North to immediately withdraw the military threat against the South's airliners.

North Korea warned it "could not guarantee the safety" of South Korean civilian flights that pass through or near its airspace. Pyongyang blamed recent North-South tensions which it says are heightened by the impending⁸ start of annual U.S.-South Korean joint⁹ military drills scheduled for next week. The U.S. deploys¹⁰ about 28,000 troops here to deter¹¹ a repeat of the North's 1950 invasion.

Spokeman Kim says this is the first time North Korea has directed such threatening remarks at South Korean civilian flights.

He says threatening civilian airliners' normal operations violates both international aviation regulations and humanitarian¹² principles.

South Korea's two main airlines, Korean Air and Asiana, have rerouted flights out of North Korean airspace as a precaution. Cho Young-Chul is a spokesman for Korean Air.

He says the changed routes mainly affect flights coming from the United States and other western countries. He says the change was mandated¹³ by the government out of concern for safety.

In keeping with past aviation agreements, about 14 South Korean flights pass through airspace along North Korea's east coast every day. About 19 flights from other countries use a similar route daily. Airline officials say rerouting will add about 30 minutes to most flight times, and cost more in fuel.

The North Korean warning comes amid expectations of an imminent¹⁴ rocket launch by the North. Pyongyang said last week it intended to launch a "satellite" in the interest of space research. However, U.S., Japanese, and South Korean officials believe the North's real intention is to test a long-range missile.

Yang Moo-jin is a scholar at the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. He says it is unlikely the North's warning is an indication it has imminent plans to launch the missile.

He says North Korea was careful to mention only South Korean civilian aircraft in its warning. If Pyongyang had warned all international flights to clear its airspace, says Yang, it would have been a much stronger indication it was planning an imminent launch.

Officers from the United Nations Command, which monitors the tense North-South Korean land border, met with their North Korean counterparts Friday in the border village of Panmunjeom. They say they told the North the airliner³ threat was "entirely¹⁵ inappropriate." They also offered reassurance¹⁶ that next week's U.S. - South Korean military drills are routine, and purely¹⁷ defensive¹⁸ in nature.

1 implicit   

a.暗示的，含蓄的，不明晰的，绝对的

参考例句：

• A soldier must give implicit obedience to his officers. 士兵必须绝对服从他的长官。
• Her silence gave implicit consent. 她的沉默表示默许。

2 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

3 airliner   

n.客机，班机

参考例句：

• The pilot landed the airliner safely.驾驶员使客机安全着陆。
• The passengers were shepherded across the tarmac to the airliner.旅客们被引导走过跑道去上飞机。

4 airliners   

n.客机，班机( airliner的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The fog grounded the airliners. 大雾迫使班机停飞。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They placed very stable and accurate atomic clocks on regularly scheduled jet airliners. 他们将非常稳定、准确的原子钟装在定期飞行的喷气式班机上。 来自辞典例句

5 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

6 mar   

vt.破坏，毁坏，弄糟

参考例句：

• It was not the custom for elderly people to mar the picnics with their presence.大人们照例不参加这样的野餐以免扫兴。
• Such a marriage might mar your career.这样的婚姻说不定会毁了你的一生。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 impending   

a.imminent, about to come or happen

参考例句：

• Against a background of impending famine, heavy fighting took place. 即将发生饥荒之时，严重的战乱爆发了。
• The king convoke parliament to cope with the impending danger. 国王召开国会以应付迫近眉睫的危险。

9 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 deploys   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的第三人称单数 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• It then deploys "decoy" programs designed to attract the virus. 然后，它释放“诱饵”去吸引病毒。
• But when that doesn't work, he deploys his secret defense mechanism. 但没有效果，它要施展绝密自卫武器了。

11 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

12 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

13 mandated   

adj. 委托统治的

参考例句：

• Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
• Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。

14 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

15 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。

16 reassurance   

n.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• He drew reassurance from the enthusiastic applause.热烈的掌声使他获得了信心。
• Reassurance is especially critical when it comes to military activities.消除疑虑在军事活动方面尤为关键。

17 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

18 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。