Syria strike ‘vindicates’ North Korea’s nuclear choice

ដកស្រង់ចេញពីសារព័ត៌មានអង់គ្លេស (BBC) ចេញផ្សាយនៅថ្ងៃទី០៩ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។

North Korea says a US missile strike on Syria “proves a million times over” that it was right to strengthen its nuclear programme, state media report.

They cited an unnamed government spokesman saying Friday’s strike was an “intolerable act of aggression against a sovereign state“.

The strikes followed Wednesday’s suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held Syrian town which killed 89.

North Korea has carried out tests to develop a nuclear missile.The UN has banned it from missile or nuclear tests.

But it has repeatedly broken those sanctions. It has successfully tested nuclear bombs of increasing power and claims to have been able to make warheads small enough to fit on a missile, but some experts have cast doubt on those claims.

“The US missile attack against Syria is a clear and intolerable act of aggression against a sovereign state and we strongly condemn it,” a government official in North Korea said, as quoted by the KCNA news agency.

“The reality of today shows that we must stand against power with power and it proves a million times over that our decision to strengthen our nuclear deterrence has been the right choice.

“Only military power of our own will protect us from imperialistic aggression.

“We will keep bolstering our self-defensive military might in various ways in order to cope with the ever-intensifying US acts of aggression.”

Vocabulary (វាក្យសព្ទ)

Missile /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ (N)aflyingweaponthat hasitsownengineto make a strike. (មីស៊ីល)

Strengthen /ˈstreŋ.θən/ (V) to make somethingstrongeror moreeffective, or to become stronger or moreeffective.(ពង្រឹង)

Government ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/ (N) thegroupofpeoplewho officiallycontrolacountry.(រដ្ឋាភិបាល)

Sovereign state /ˈsɒv.ər.ɪn steɪt/ / (N) having thehighestpoweror beingcompletelyindependent state. (រដ្ឋអធិបតេយ្យ)

ban/bæn/(V)toforbid(=refusetoallow) something,especiallyofficially.(ហាមឃាត់)

Sanctions/sæŋk.ʃən/(N)anofficialorder,such as thestoppingoftrade, that is taken against acountryinorderto make itobeyinternationallaw.(ការដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម)

Expert /ˈek.spɜːt/ (N) apersonwith a highlevelofknowledgeorskillrelatingto a particularsubjectoractivity.(អ្នកជំនាញ)

Official /əˈfɪʃ.əl/ (N)apersonwho has apositionofresponsibilityin anorganization. (មន្រ្តី)

Aggression /əˈɡreʃ.ən/ (N) spokenorphysicalbehaviorthat isthreateningorinvolvesharm to someone or something.(ការឈ្លានពាន)