North Korea has resisted influence from the outside world for some time. Most North Korean citizens are unaware of the growth and extent of international relations in the changing world. Consequently, Kim Jung Il and his regime have been able to push its military and political agenda with little fear of domestic resistance. For many years, the people of North Korea have suffered famine and malnourishment, creating a desperate need for food aid. Food aid has been one of the primary shipments from both the UN World Food program and various NGO’s, including the Global Resource Services(an Atlanta based NGO) and The Eugen Bell Foundation. "Non Governmental Organization" is a term that is unfamilar to a totalitarian communist regime. As such North Korea has scrupulously monitered all NGO and even UN involvment within their borders. This distrust led to North Korea breaking food ties with the UN in 2000, requiring the World Food Program to “reduce” its operations in the country. As a result, the U.S., South Korea and various other nations have withheld food aid, not only due to sanctions against North Korea, but also due to the lack of transparency. The supposed “ousting” of the UN Food Program was a result of IAEA weapons inspections in North Korea. The IAEA inspections were a result of suspicions proven true in 2006, that North Korea was enriching uranium for a nuclear weapon. Kim Jung Il, after angering the international community by requesting weapons inspectors to leave, ended major food programs for his nation. Subsequently, North Korea is in predicament: to continue antagonizing the region by developing a nuclear program or feed its people.