10-20-2006, 10:17 AM
<b>Report: N. Korean leader regrets test </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->SEOUL, South Korea - 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.
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He thinks world is full of fools. This man is very clever. He is playing his cards very well. With full backing of China, he is on top of world. China is enjoying his gift to NK with popcorns.
"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.
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He thinks world is full of fools. This man is very clever. He is playing his cards very well. With full backing of China, he is on top of world. China is enjoying his gift to NK with popcorns.