150825 North Korea, South Korea Reach Agreement

150825 North Korea, South Korea Reach Agreement

We’re starting today on the Korean Peninsula. 

peninsula 반도

Korean Peninsula 한반도

Even though an armistice ended fighting in the Korean War in 1953, North and South Korea are still divided and they’re still rivals. 

even though 비록 ~일지라도

Even though you do not like it, you must do it.

싫더라도 해야 한다.

armistice 휴전, 정전

 rival 경쟁상대, 적수

The North is a communist dictatorship. The South is a republic and an ally of the U.S. 

communist dictatorship 공산독재정권

republic 공화국

the Republic of Korea 대한민국 정식명칭

ally  동맹국, 연합국

That’s why the world was concerned when things got heated once again earlier this month. 

concern ~에 관계(관여)하다

I am not concerned with it.

나는 그것과는 아무 관계없다.

Land mines badly wounded two South Korean soldiers who were patrolling the demilitarized zone between the two countries. 

land mine 지뢰

wound ~에 상처를 입히다

soldier 군인

patrol 순찰하다

demilitarize 비무장화하다

the demilitarized zone = DMZ

North Korea denied laying them, but South Korea responded by making propaganda broadcast across the border.

deny 부정하다, 부인하다

lay ~을 놓다

respond 대답하다, 응답하다

propaganda 선전(활동)

broadcast 방송

KBS = Korean Broadcasting System 한국방송공사

border 국경, 휴전선

That infuriated the North. Troops were mobilized. 

infuriate 격앙시키다, 경분시키다.

troop 군대, 부대

mobilize 전시동원하다, 전시체제로 돌리다

Talk of war was in the air. 

be in the air 소문이 나다

But things settled down yesterday when the two sides reached an agreement. 

settle down 가라앉다, 평온해지다

agreement 협정, 계약

North Korea said it regrets that South Korean soldiers were injured by land mines, and South Korea planned to stop its propaganda broadcast.

regret ~을 유감으로 여기다

injure 상처를 입히다, 다치게 하다

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TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The DMZ is 160 miles long and it cuts through the Korean Peninsula.

DMZ = DEmilitarized Zone 비무장지대

And despite being called the demilitarized zone, it’s one of the most heavily guarded military barriers in the world. 

despite ~임에도 불구하고

guared military

barrier 방벽

About a million active duty troops to the North, about 600,000 to the zone, and big reserves as well, all on a footing for war really for the past 60 years, in case there might an invasion from the other side.

reserve 예비군

as well 또한

foot for

invasion 침입, 침략

Now, we’ve seen some new skirmishes and the latest point of contention is this, these high tech speakers that the South is using to broadcast messages into the North. 

skirmish 소전투, 작은 접전

contention 다툼, 투쟁

high tech 첨단 기술의

How could this make such a difference? 

make a difference 차이가 생기다

Well, you have to consider the power of these speakers and the nature of the messages. 

consider 숙고하다, 고찰하다

nature 본질, 성질, 특성

These speakers, one unit, for example, set in the mountains along the South here, would have the capability of reaching by day, about six miles into the North.

capability 능력, 재능, 수완

By night, about 12 miles in and the sound carries a little bit better.

carry 나르다, 운반하다

The messages that have been sent recently have been sharply critical of the Northern leadership, sometimes they used defectors to the South to call out to their former countrymen. 

critical 비판, 비평

leadership 지도자

defector 탈주, 망명자

countryman 출신자, 주민

And the North feels a little bit powerless to do anything about this in terms of a quid pro quo, because even though they have their own speaker systems, theirs will only carry about a mile, and in some cases, that will not even get them across the DMZ himself.

in term of  ~에 관하여, ~의 관점에서

powerless 효과없는, 힘이 없는

quid pro quo 대갚음

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