五角大樓宣佈在韓國增加駐軍

The Pentagon has announced the deployment of an additional 800 troops to South Korea, along with combat tanks and other military hardware, as Washington seeks to counter any regional threats from North Korea.

Tuesday's deployment announcement came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met in Washington with his South Korean counterpart, Yun Byung-se. Kerry used the meeting to assure Yun of Washington's commitment to South Korea's nuclear defense, in his words, "so that we are prepared to face any threat."

Kerry said the two diplomats are "deeply focused on the challenge of North Korea, particularly with events that have taken place in recent weeks" in Pyongyang.

His comments appeared to reference a recent political purge that included the execution of the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The killing in December of Jang Song Thaek, a powerful member of the politburo, is seen by some Western analysts as a move by Kim to consolidate power, and by others as evidence of political instability within the North Korean hierarchy.五角大樓宣佈向韓國增派8百人的部隊以及作戰坦克和其它軍事裝備，華盛頓尋求反擊來自朝鮮的任何威脅。

在美國國防部星期二宣佈增兵之際，美國國務卿克里與韓國外長尹炳世在華盛頓舉行了會晤。克里在會談中向尹炳世保證華盛頓將信守爲韓國提供覈保護的承諾。他說：“這樣我們就可以面對任何威脅。”

克里表示，他和尹炳世高度重視朝鮮的挑戰，尤其是最近幾周在平壤發生的事件。

克里看來指的是最近平壤的政治清洗，包括朝鮮領導人金正恩的姑父被處決。

去年12月處死朝鮮勞動黨政治局中權力很大的張成澤，被一些西方分析人士認爲是金正恩鞏固權力的舉措，另外一些人則認爲是朝鮮統治集團政治不穩定的證據。