With apologies to “A Fish Called Wanda”:

North Korea: All right, all right, we apologize.

The United States: You’re really sorry!

North Korea: We’re really really sorry, we apologize unreservedly.

The United States: You take it back?

North Korea: We do, we offer a complete and utter retraction. The imputation was totally without basis in fact, and was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and we deeply regret any distress that our comments may have caused you, or your family, and we hereby undertake not to repeat any such slander at any time in the future.

The United States: OK.