[IELTS Daily Listening-552]Flooding apology

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 Flooding apology

  

 

More than five weeks after North Korea released millions of tonnes of water from a dam and sent it surging south across the border, South Korea says it has received the apology it was seeking.

 

The meeting to discuss the incident had been requested by the South Korean government, and according to a spokesman, the officials who travelled to the North Korean city of Kaesong for the talks received an expression‎ of regret from their northern counterparts as well as the offer of condolences to the families of six South Koreans killed in the flooding.

North Korea said soon after the incident that it had no choice but to release a large volume of water from its dam on the Imjin river in order to avoid a bigger catastrophe.

The flood control talks are being held at the same time as reports suggest North Korea may be preparing to launch more short range missiles. It test fired five missiles off its east coast on Monday. Although short range, South Korea has argued that the tests are provocative as they are in breach of UN resolutions banning the testing of all types of ballistic weaponry. If nothing else, the timing of this latest flexing of military muscle is puzzling. In recent talks with Beijing, Pyongyang is reported to have signalled that it might be willing to return to the stalled nuclear disarmament talks.

John Sudworth, BBC News, Seoul

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WORDS

● received the apology it was seeking

   South Korea wanted North Korea to say they were sorry and they did

● an expression‎ of regret

    a showing of sadness about a mistake they had made and the wish things could have been

    different

 ● offer of condolences

   expression‎ of sympathy

● in order to avoid a bigger catastrophe

    to prevent a worse disaster or very bad situation from happening  

● preparing to launch more short range missiles

   getting ready to use rockets with an ability to reach targets close to North Korea

● provocative

    likely to create an angry reaction    

● are in breach of UN resolutions

    are breaking the rules and agreements made by the UN    

● ballistic weaponry

    weapons which fly through air

 ● latest flexing of military muscle

    a recent attempt by the army to show how powerful they are    

● stalled nuclear disarmament talks

   discussions aimed at reducing or giving up the use of nuclear weapons which have made no

     recent progress

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