Yet by testing another nuclear device, declaring the six-party talks finished and demanding that the world deal with his country as a nuclear power, Mr Kim may have gone too far.

• 然而，又一次试验核武器装置，中止六方会谈，使朝鲜成为与世界为敌的核武器大国，所有的这些表明，金正日在这条路上走的太远了。