North Korea has conducted its fifth nuclear test — its second this year and its largest to date, defying the intensifying international pressure on the isolated communist state.

不顧日益加大的國際壓力，孤立的共產(chǎn)主義國家朝鮮實施了該國第五次核試驗。這是今年的第二次核試驗，也是該國迄今規(guī)模最大的核試驗。

Seoul’s defence ministry said an explosion was detected near North Korea’s known nuclear test site at 9:30am Korea time on Friday. South Korea’s military believes the nuclear test had an estimated yield of 10 kilotons, a ministry official said. The nuclear bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was 15 kilotons.

韓國國防部表示，韓國時間周五上午9點半，在朝鮮已知核試驗場地附近偵測到一次爆炸。一名國防部官員表示，韓國軍方認為，這次核試驗當量估計為1萬噸。作為參照，當初投放在廣島的核彈當量為1.5萬噸。

Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s president, said the nuclear test showed the “maniacal recklessness” of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

韓國總統(tǒng)樸槿惠(Park Geun-hye)表示，這次核試驗顯示了朝鮮領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人金正恩(Kim Jong Un)“瘋狂的魯莽”。

“What the Kim Jong-un regime will get from the nuclear test is stronger international sanctions and deeper isolation. This kind of provocation would just hasten its self-destruction,” Ms Park said.

樸槿惠表示：“金正恩政權(quán)從這次核試驗中得到的，將是更強烈的國際制裁和更進一步的孤立。這種挑釁只會加劇其自我毀滅。

North Korea had warned it would take “physical counteraction” after Seoul announced a decision in July to deploy a US anti-ballistic missile system in South Korea as a shield against the North’s increasing military threats.

今年7月，韓國政府宣布決定在韓國部署一種美國反彈道導(dǎo)彈系統(tǒng)，作為抵御朝鮮日益增強的軍事威脅的盾牌。在那之后，朝鮮曾警告稱會采取“實際對抗行為”。