SEOUL – South Korean officials have recently realized that the United States is likely to try to forbid them from enriching uranium and expanding their country’s missile range, rather than leave these issues on the diplomatic back burner. Indeed, recent discreet talks, in which the US has disregarded South Korean efforts to supplement the controversial US-South Korea Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, which expires in March 2014, suggest that there are reasons to be deeply worried about the alliance’s future.
首尔——韩国官员近来发现美国很可能设法阻止其搞铀浓缩及扩大导弹射程，而不是对上述问题进行外交搁置。其实，美国在前不久的谨慎谈判中忽略了韩国对将于2014年3月到期的引发争议的美韩核合作协议进行补充的意愿，这表明对联盟未来的担心确有道理。