He is known sarcastically by diplomats as ' Dr. Chuckles ' because of his rhetoric . Following the 2006 North Korean nuclear test , Pak made headlines when he said that the United Nations should " congratulate " his country 's scientists and researchers on their achievement , instead of issuing what he called " notorious , useless and reckless resolutions . " Following the United Nations Security Council 's imposition of sanctions on North Korea , Pak called the Council 's actions " gangster-like " and stormed out of the chamber . This led to then-U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations John R. Bolton replying that that action was the equivalent of Nikita Khrushchev pounding his shoe at the United Nations in 1960
2006 North Korean nuclear test
2006 North Korean nuclear test
Pak Kil-yon