VOA慢速英語：朝鮮拘留第四名美國公民

North Korean media says the government is holding another United States citizen.

朝鮮媒體稱朝鮮政府正在持有另一名美國公民。

The official Korean Central News Agency said Kim Hak Song was detained on Saturday for suspected “hostile acts.”

韓國中央通訊社稱，金克松星期六因涉嫌“敵對行為”被扣留。

Kim worked at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology. He is the second university instructor to be arrested in the past two months.

金先生在平壤科技大學工作。 他是過去兩個月被捕的第二名大學教師。

Last month, North Korean officials detained Pyongyang University accounting professor Kim Sang Dok. The government said he was arrested for “committing criminal acts. He was accused of “acts of hostility aimed to overturn” the rule of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

上個月，北韓官員拘留了平壤大學會計教授金生鐸。 政府說他因犯“罪”而被捕。 他被指控為了推翻朝鮮領導人金正恩的統(tǒng)治的“敵對行為”。

In a statement, the U.S. State Department said it knows about the latest detention. It said “The security of U.S. citizens is one of the department’s highest priorities. When a U.S. citizen is reported to be detained in North Korea, we work with the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang” to try to secure their freedom.

在一份聲明中，美國國務院表示知道最近的拘留。 它說：“美國公民的安全是該部門的最高優(yōu)先事項之一。 當一名美國公民據(jù)報被扣留在北韓時，我們與瑞典駐平壤大使館合作，試圖確保他們的自由。

Kim’s detention comes as tensions between the two countries increase over North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs. The United States has sent an aircraft carrier strike group to waters off the Korean coast as a warning to North Korea to cut back on its military activities.

金的拘留是由于兩國之間的緊張關系加劇了朝鮮的導彈和核計劃，美國派出一個航空母艦罷工小組向朝鮮海岸的水域發(fā)出警告，要求朝鮮減少其軍事活動。

In the past, North Korea has detained U.S. citizens to use as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S. Government.

過去，北韓已經(jīng)扣留了美國公民作為談判籌碼與美國政府進行談判。

Last year, North Korea sentenced Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, to 15 years of hard labor. The sentence was announced after he admitted he tried to steal a propaganda sign.

去年，北韓判處弗吉尼亞大學的奧托·溫比爾(Otto Warmbier)15年的辛勤工作。 這份罪名在他承認他試圖竊取宣傳信號后就宣布了。

And Kim Dong Chul is serving 10 years of hard labor after being jailed on subversion charges. Kim was born in South Korea, but is believed to have U.S. citizenship.

金東楚被判入獄十多年，受到顛覆罪名。 金出生在韓國，但被人為是美國公民身份。

I’m Jonathan Evans.

喬納森·埃文斯報道。