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Tension between the United States and North Korea further escalatedover the weekend as Washington imposed new economic sanctions Friday against Pyongyang in retaliation for the reclusive regime’s alleged cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.
소니 픽쳐스 엔터테인먼트 관련 사이버 공격의 혐의를 받고 있는 은둔한 정권(김정은 정권이 외부와 고립이 되어 이렇게 표현한것 같다)에 대한 보복으로 워싱턴(미국의 white house)은 금요일 북한에 대해서 새로운 경제 재재를 부과함으로써 미국와 북한의 긴장감이 치솟고 있다.
The North’s Foreign Ministry responded angrily to the punitivemeasures Sunday, saying that America’s “tenacious adherence” to a hostile policy toward the North would further reinforce its will to protect its sovereignty.
북한의 외무부는 일요일 징계에 대해서 화가나서 반응하였는데, 미국의 북한에 대한 적대적 정책의 집요한 집착(계속적으로 나쁜 징계를 계속해서 이렇게 표현한것 같음)은 국권 수호의 의지를 더 강하게 하는것이라고 말하였다.(이런 미국의 징계가 북한을 고립시키는 것이 아닌, 북한을 더욱 하나로 만드는 것이라고 나름 생각하고 있음)
U.S. President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday, while on vacation in Hawaii, to approve sanctions against three North Korean organizations and 10 senior officials as part of his “proportional response” to the attack on Sony that produced the “Interview,” a comedy about a scheme to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
하와이에서 휴가중인 오바마 미국 대통령은 금요일, 소니사에서 제작을한 "인터뷰"-(북한 통치자 김정은에 대한 암살을 다룬 영화)에 대한 공격과 관련 있는 3개의 북한 조직과 10명의 수석 공무관에 대해서 제재 승인에 대해서 행정명령을 내렸다.
Announcing the decision, the White House accused the North of carrying out “provocative, destabilizing and repressive actions and policies, particularly its destructive and coercive cyberattack on Sony Pictures.” It also said, “Today’s actions are the first aspect of our response.”
Seoul’s Foreign Ministry called the sanctions an “appropriate response,” reiterating that cyberattacks to damage private andcorporate interests and the openness and security of cyberspace should not be tolerated.
Those sanctioned will be banned from accessing the U.S. financial system and doing any transactions with U.S. nationals. But the largely symbolic sanctions are unlikely to further damage the economy of the heavily isolated country which is already under a series of international sanctions for its nuclear and missile tests.
The sanctions target the North’s Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country’s premier military spy agency, which Washington and Seoul believe orchestrated a series of cyber incursions against them. Seoul also blames the RGB for launching a string of fatal provocations including the 2010 torpedo attack on the corvette Cheonan that killed46 sailors.
Korea Mining Development Trading Corp., in charge of the arms exports, and Korea Tangun Trading Corp., a defense research agency,have also been added to the sanctions list, as well as 10 senior officials, including those operating in Iran, Syria, China, Russia and Namibia.
“Even as the FBI continues its investigation into the cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, these steps underscore that we willemploy a broad set of tools to defend U.S. businesses and citizens,and to respond to attempts to undermine our values or threaten thenational security of the United States,” U.S. Treasury secretary JackLew said in a statement.
The sanctions came as Pyongyang has hardened its rhetoric againstthe U.S., while continuing its peace offensive toward the South andrefraining from launching its usual verbal attacks against Seoul.
“The U.S. is wholly responsible for its hitherto antagonistic, hostilerelationship with North Korea. The U.S. should throw away its hostilepolicy toward the North,” said a piece in Saturday’s edition of theRodong Sinmun, the daily of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
“Should the U.S. come forward with good will while respecting oursovereignty without intervening in our internal affairs, we would respondto that accordingly.”
The two Koreas have moved closer to dialogue since the North Koreanleader demonstrated his desire to hold a “top-level meeting” with theSouth and restore cross-border ties in his New Year address.
Supporting the U.S. sanctions against the North, Seoul appears to have reaffirmed that it would deal separately with the issues of inter-Korean cooperation and provocations such as the nuclear development and cybervandalism.
In response to Kim’s New Year’s address, Seoul reiterated that itremained open to dialogue in any form. Some observers said the Northcould specify its desire for inter-Korean talks this week, while otherspresume that it may wait until after President Park Geun-hye deliversher New Year’s speech, which is expected to be delivered on Jan. 12.
The upcoming impediment to inter-Korean dialogue would be theplanned annual military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea,which will begin in February. The North Korean leader has called on theallies to cancel the exercise, but the South said the “defense” drills willproceed as planned.
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