[conservative blonde]

If this story about Jong-il are to be believed, the only reasons he has regrets are because the test was a bust and North Korea doesn't have the intelligence to make a block buster nuclear test work. Or else it is because he really does like his foreign expensive brandy.

[Cold Heat]

The formal apology, is part of their culture when one party angers or imposes on another. It was expected by China, and was mandatory for Kim.

It's not very important to anyone else involved in this, and means little to us. Or should actually mean nothing as far as this situation is concerned..