For the first time since the North Koreans began their rhetorical climb toward the summit of Mount Apocalypse, they have taken a step back – and it is an important one. It appears that Pyongyang’s closure of the Kaesong industrial complex, the only co-operative commercial link between the two Koreas, is temporary. That is good news, if not a huge surprise. It reassures us that the regime still cares about cash flow and the jobs of the more than 50,000 North Koreans who work there – and that there is still some distance between Pyongyang’s words and deeds.
自朝鮮方面開(kāi)始在言語(yǔ)上表現(xiàn)得就像要攀爬“末日山”頂峰以來(lái)，他們首次退后了一步，這是非常重要的一步。目前看來(lái)，朝方關(guān)閉開(kāi)城工業(yè)園區(qū)是暫時(shí)的。開(kāi)城工業(yè)園區(qū)是朝韓雙方唯一的商業(yè)合作紐帶。這是一個(gè)好消息，甚至是一個(gè)巨大的驚喜。我們因此感到安心，因?yàn)樗砻鞒r政權(quán)仍關(guān)心現(xiàn)金流以及在園區(qū)工作的逾5萬(wàn)名朝鮮人的就業(yè)，也表明了平壤仍然言行不一。