克林顿抵达平壤商议释放美记者

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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise visit to North Korea on Tuesday to try to win the release of two jailed U.S. journalists, a move some analysts said could mark the isolated state's return to dialogue over nuclear weapons.

美国前总统比尔·克林顿与周二意外访问朝鲜，希望能使朝方释放两名在押的美国记者。分析家认为此举标志着朝鲜这个孤立的国家开始用对话解决核武器问题。

Clinton's trip follows months of military provocations by the impoverished North which has turned its back on negotiations with regional powers, including the United States and China, to convince it to give up ambitions to build an atomic arsenal.

克林顿此行几个月前，朝鲜不接受中美等国对其放弃原子能武器研究的劝告，并拒绝对话。此举在军事上大肆挑衅了这些区域大国。

"As soon as he arrives, he will be entering negotiations with the North for the release of the female journalists," South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted a source as saying.

韩国一家新闻社援引消息来源说：“克林顿一抵达就会进入释放两名女记者的谈判。”

The two U.S. journalists -- Euna Lee and Laura Ling, of U.S. media outlet Current TV co-founded by Clinton's vice president Al Gore -- were arrested on the North Korea-China border in March, accused of illegal entry and being "bent on slander".

两位美国记者李妍儿与凌志美是克林顿任期内的副总统戈尔开办的Current TV的驻外记者。今年三月在中朝边境被朝方逮捕，罪名是非法越境和诽谤。

Last month, a North Korean court sentenced them each to 12 years hard labor for what it called grave crimes.

上个月，朝鲜法庭宣判两人犯有重罪，并分别判处12年劳改。