Kim Jong-Il is like a little child with a new toy. He played with it last week, and now he is sorry:

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said Pyongyang didn't plan to carry out any more nuclear tests and expressed regret about the country's first-ever atomic detonation last week, a South Korean news agency reported Friday.

North Korea, however, kept up its bellicose rhetoric as more than 100,000 people gathered Friday in Pyongyang's central Kim Il Sung square to "hail the success of the historic nuclear test," according to the North's official media.

Kim told Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan that "we have no plans for additional nuclear tests," Yonhap news agency reported, citing an unnamed diplomatic source in Beijing.

Kim's apparent detonation of a nuclear device was more than even his most staunchest supporter - China - could take. It's unlikely the Kim is really sorry. It is more likely that he wishes to keep the favor of a country that, if it cuts him off, his regime would likely collapse in a very short time. It's just a matter of mere survival for the North Korean dictator.