Kim Bomb Il

SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council called an emergency meeting Monday after world leaders reacted with outrage to North Korea's latest nuclear test. Except Russia, China, Syria, Venezuela, France, Iran, Sudan and Cuba.

This screen grab from North Korean television on May 25th shows leader Kim 'Bomb' Il in Pyongyang, witnessing the test through protective glasses

Kim had threatened to conduct the test if the U.N. Security Council did not apologize for imposing sanctions on North Korea after it tested a failed ICBM ballistic missile rocket April 5. Some DPRK sympathisers argue that had the missile test been a success then sanctions would be understandable, but to punish Kim for failure sends the wrong message.