“Come to think of it, I don’t know why South Korea really had to apologize - the whole country can’t be blamed for this, the shooter wasn’t a spokesman for South Korea by any means.”
It has to do with the culture of shame, Cho shamed S. Korea as a whole, in their eyes.
In any rate: It was a nice gesture. I don’t remember Saudi Arabia apologizing.
*shrug* They did try to buy off NYC...