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China-Japan-Koreas
Kim Jong Il tells Chinese he regrets Nuke Test
2006-10-20
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il expressed regret about his country's nuclear test to a Chinese delegation and said Pyongyang would return to international nuclear talks if Washington backs off a campaign to financially isolate the country, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.

"If the U.S. makes a concession to some degree, we will also make a concession to some degree, whether it be bilateral talks or six-party talks," Kim was quoted as telling a Chinese envoy, the mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo reported, citing a diplomatic source in China.

Kim told the Chinese delegation that "he is sorry about the nuclear test," the newspaper reported.

The delegation led by State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan met Kim on Thursday and returned to Beijing later that day — ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's arrival in the Chinese capital Friday. China is viewed as a key nation in efforts to persuade the North to disarm, as it is the isolated communist nation's main trading partner.
Posted by:Oztralian

#20  Me-says the key word or sentencez in the article is [USA-ONLY?] CONCESSION(S), for both Kimmie, MadMoud, Anti-Amer OWG agendists + WOT in general.
"NORTH KOREA HOLDS RALLY" > happy and well-fed as larks they is, NOT; plus iff I'm not mistaken a number appear to be wearing CHICOM-STYLE STATE UNIFORMS!? Unhappy, hungry = emaciated, plus are "officially" North Korean/Korean but unofficially are in reality "Chinese" or anti-Chinese "Chinese".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-10-20 23:30  

#19  The Chicoms lost face.

And the radio reported he didn't apologize, the SorKs mistranslated.
Posted by: anonymous2u   2006-10-20 21:28  

#18  Mike---I hope that you are right, but I think that it is just theater. I trust the Chicoms as much as I trust Kimmie. And that is as far as I can throw a stick. If they told Kimmie anything, it would be to back off-----------------------for now. My two cents.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-10-20 19:43  

#17  ...Apparently a couple sites (including the usually reliable Belmont Club) are reporting that the PRC sat Kimmie down and suggested that they might have to stop oil shipments to the DPRK - and since Kimmie gets something like 85% of his oil from the PRC, at way below market prices, he would have been rornery in the cold and the dark. What little oil that got through would have been going straight to the military and that STILL wouldn't have been enough for them.
I'm guessing that Dear Leader just got his a*s a reality check like he ain't had in a while.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-10-20 15:15  

#16  More theater from Kim's Chinese masters. It's about as realistic (and entertaining) as a Beijing Opera performance.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2006-10-20 15:07  

#15  The US should tell him we'll make one concession. We won't nuke him this week. Now talk, and get serious fast Mr Funnyhair or we'll tell Japan to get nukes and China will crush you like a space cockroach to prevent that.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2006-10-20 14:18  

#14  What Grunter said. Whatever taqqiya is in Korean. If Kim's lips are moving, he's lying. Nothing will change until we smack down communist China.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-20 13:26  

#13  Is that the actual picture of him?
Posted by: tu3031   2006-10-20 12:42  

#12  Taqqiya.
Posted by: Grunter   2006-10-20 12:31  

#11  It's like the Japanese surrendering on December 8th.
Posted by: Penguin   2006-10-20 12:20  

#10  Lord I apologize!
Posted by: Cloluck Angise2667   2006-10-20 11:29  

#9  We really need some Terminator bots for folks like kimmy. Or if the government had the balls for it a nice big MASER in the sky to raise their body temp above 110F.

I don't know why we never did a space based maser way back with Khomeini's rise to problemhood.
Posted by: 3dc   2006-10-20 11:14  

#8  He lies to his 23 million people. I'm not counting on his being truthful to us or anybody else, including a Chinese delegation.
Posted by: Darrell   2006-10-20 10:34  

#7  One Chinese guy sez Kimmie said....
Posted by: Bobby   2006-10-20 10:12  

#6  He really learned a lot from Iran and Nazi Germany didn't he?

Tells the party what they want to hear.
Posted by: DarthVader   2006-10-20 09:37  

#5  I would guess after some under the table Trade Threats from US about China the Chinese realized it was due time to put thier B*tch back in its place.

This explains why BiLateral one on one talks with Lil Kim is useless. China is Lil Kim's keeper and to negotiate anything with meaning that is who you got to go to China.
Posted by: C-Low   2006-10-20 09:21  

#4  The only thing he regrets is the cancellation of his shipments of fine booze and food. Bark soup has a tendency to disagree with his stomach.
Posted by: imoyaro   2006-10-20 08:11  

#3  Amazing what can happen when you stick to your guns.
Posted by: Cloluck Angise2667   2006-10-20 08:01  

#2  but he's really sorry.....and ronery
Posted by: Frank G   2006-10-20 07:15  

#1  Kim promises no more nuke tests

and then we get this headline:

N Korea holds rally to celebrate nuke test
Posted by: Oztralian   2006-10-20 06:53  

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