Generally the relations are stressed, due to disputes such as over the North Korean nuclear program.

Instead, the agencies came back with a unanimous opinion: the North Korean program was well under way, and had to be stopped.

During this time, an experimental Korean program was offered, which included studies in language, history, and politics.

The Korean program officially began offering courses in 1993.

The Korean program would be the nation's first outside California.

That has long been a concern about the North Korean program, but the tools to prevent it are still limited.

The North Korean nuclear program can roughly be divided into four phases.

Another said some evidence suggested the plutonium was older than the North Korean program.

"You have China on the front lines against the North Korean nuclear program."

But the crucial issue is not freezing the North Korean program in the near term.