MADRID – Two days after Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s leader, died in a train in his country, South Korean authorities still knew nothing about it. Meanwhile, American officials seemed at a loss, with the State Department at first merely acknowledging that press reports had mentioned his death.
马德里——在朝鲜领导人金正日逝世于国内一列火车上之后两天，韩国当局还对此一无所知。与此同时，美国官员似乎也好不到哪里去，国务院一开始仅仅承认是媒体首先报道了他的死讯。