韩国总统命令军队应对朝鲜挑衅可不计政治后果

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.

有关方面说，朴槿惠总统星期一会见韩国国防部官员时，命令他们对来自朝鲜的任何挑衅做出及时有力的反应，而不必考虑政治后果。

美韩两国举行联合军事演习以及联合国安理会针对朝鲜进行第三次核试验而加强制裁，这使平壤感到愤怒，近几个星期来朝鲜不断对韩国和美国发出战争威胁，而且措辞越来越严厉。

目前还不清楚朴槿惠的命令将对美国军方产生什么影响，美国与韩国本月早些时候签署了一项协议，使美国军队得以在保护韩国免遭朝鲜挑衅时发挥更大作用。