It involves the country's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, which will serve lucrative new markets in North America, South Korea and Japan.

它包括了这个国家的首个液化天然气(LNG)设备，它可以为有利可图的北美、南韩和日本新市场服务。

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The new test comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions between North Korea and the United States, which keeps a heavy military deployment in South Korea.

这一次核试验同时与朝美紧张局势日益加剧的大背景有关：美国仍在韩国拥有大量的军事部署。

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The North will strike back if South Korea "dares to invade our sea territory by 0.001mm", it warned.

它警告说：如果韩国胆敢侵犯我们海域的0.001毫米，朝方将发动反击。

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South Korea and the United States have been urging China to join them in punishing North Korea in the United Nations Security Council.

VOA: special.2010.05.29

One theory is that the military could object if the ruling party looks for friendship with South Korea to help save North Korea's economy.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

In nineteen fifty, North Korean troops invaded South Korea.

VOA: special.2010.07.02

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010.

NPR: SKorea, US Begin Drills As NKorea Threatens War

Lee is the AP's bureau chief for North Korea and South Korea, and has made more than 20 trips to North Korea since 2008.

NPR: Tweets, Pics Give Real-Time Peek Into North Korea

See North Korea and Cuba, or for that matter compare North Korea with South Korea, or the old East Germany with the old West Germany.

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