This whole situation is the fault of Clinton and Carter, and their stupid "Agreed Framework" with NK. What kind of fool makes an agreement which has no verification provisions with someone who is inherently not able to be trusted? That, plus the way the Clintoon administration took their eye off the ball in India/ Pakistan and failed to suppress those country's nuclear ambitions are two of the three GREATEST foreign relations failures of the 'Toon.
Two links- I don't necessarily endorse everything in the second article, but it has many good points.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/773656/posts
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1720.cfm