12-11-06

中国：六方会谈12月18日恢复 (China: North Korea Talks to Resume December 18th)

中国证实，旨在结束北韩核项目的国际会谈将于12月18号在北京恢复举行。

中国外交部星期一宣布，参加会谈的六国代表一致同意下星期在中国首都举行会谈。

过去13个月以来，北韩一直抵制会谈，抗议美国的经济制裁。

平壤今年10月进行了核爆炸试验后同意重返谈判。

韩国星期一表示欢迎这项宣布。韩国外交通商部说，希望新一轮会谈会在解决北韩核问题上取得实质性进展。

参加六方会谈的国家有南北韩、美国、中国、日本和俄罗斯。

China has confirmed that international talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program will resume in Beijing on December 18th.

China's Foreign Ministry said today (Monday) representatives of the six nations involved in the talks have all agreed to meet in the Chinese capital next week.

North Korea had been boycotting the talks for the past 13 months to protest U.S. financial sanctions.

Pyongyang agreed to return to negotiations after test-firing a nuclear device in October.

South Korea welcomed the announcement today (Monday). The Foreign Ministry in Seoul said it hopes substantial progress will be made in resolving the North Korean nuclear issue in the next round of discussions.

The talks involve North and South Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia.

韩国报告家禽饲养场又爆禽流感疫情 (South Korea Reports Another Outbreak of Bird Flu at Poultry Farm)

韩国报告了第三起禽流感疫情，地点在首都首尔以南的一个鹌鹑饲养场。

韩国农业部星期一说，这家农场过去4天里有大约一千只鹌鹑死亡。

农业部发言人说， 有关方面正试图确定这些家禽是否是因感染致命的H5N1型病毒而死亡的。

韩国官员11月证实两个邻近的家禽农场发生了具有高度传染性的H5N1型禽流感疫情。他们表示，计划宰杀50多万只家禽以防止病毒传播。

这是韩国已知的，三年来首批爆发的禽流感。在2003年禽流感爆发期间，韩国宰杀了五百多万只家禽。

South Korea has reported a third outbreak of bird flu at a quail farm south of the capital, Seoul.

The Agriculture Ministry said today (Monday) about one thousand quail had died at the farm over the past four days.

A ministry spokesman said officials are trying to determine whether it is the deadly H5N1strain of avian influenza.

Last month, the officials in Seoul confirmed two outbreaks of the same highly infectious strain at two poultry farms close to each other. They said they planned to cull more than half a million poultry to try to prevent the spread of the virus.

These were the first known outbreaks of bird flu in South Korea in three years. South Korea culled more than five million birds during the 2003 outbreak.