Dr. Shane Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Report: N. Korean Leader Regrets Test Quote: 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. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevin Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 One must be very wary of the risk of mistranslations or reading more (or less) into the remarks in cases like this. Here, "sorry" could range all the way from "we should not have done it" to "we had to do it because of the situation, and we would have prefered that situation had not arisen" /Bevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 Seems to me it means, "we didn't know China would react the way it did and were not prepared for the consequences." Now how much influence the US or the UN had over China we don't know but I think it is clear that China is the one that made things happen in this case. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amelia Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 passive agressive blackmail Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whbae Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 I very much doubt that word "sorry" came out of Kim's mouth as the western journalist reported. It is not like him to say "sorry" for he has done. Maybe the western journalists and the politicians are duped, again. The word "sorry" is not in Kim's vocabulary. Won Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bevin Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Furthermore the Chinese are not saying that Kim said it This may well be an invention of the Western media /Bevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Shane Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 Another reason to beware of what the media reports. Quote Pastoral Family Counselor... Find me at www.PostumCafe.com Author of Peculiar Christianity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sammy Lee Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Or, "Sorry it did not come up to our expectation" Quote Sammy Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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