North Korea: A renewed flashpoint or continuity of the status quo?

North Korea is a perennial flashpoint. Never mind that it technically remains at war and shares the world’s most heavily fortified border with South Korea, or that it has historically sat at the intersection of great-power rivalries. The real...

North Korea’s processed goods push meets cold Chinese market reality

As North Korea seeks to develop its economy by exporting more processed goods, Chinese buyers still prefer raw materials, putting North Korean traders in a pickle. “Trading companies that work with China in Sinuiju such as Sinhung Trading...

California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea — sentenced to 8 years in prison

A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea that he said were to be used for a surprise attack on South Korea, authorities said Tuesday. Shenghua Wen, 42, came to...

Chinese man jailed in US for sending weapons to North Korea

A Chinese national has been sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling firearms and other military items to North Korea, the US justice department has said. Shenghua Wen, 42, received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship...

California man jailed for shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea

Shenghua Wen (42) travelled to the US from China on a student visa in 2012 and remained in the country illegally after it expired, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office in Los Angeles. Wen pleaded guilty in June to one count of...

California man gets 8 years for shipping weapons to North Korea for surprise attack

LOS ANGELES (TNND) — A California man who admitted to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea was sentenced to eight years in prison on Tuesday. Shenghua Wen came to the US on a student visa from China in 2012. Wen remained in the country...

LA smuggler got $2M from North Korea for shipping guns, tech, disguises

North Korean agents paid a Chinese national $2 million to smuggle U.S. weapons and technology that were to be used for a surprise attack on South Korea, federal prosecutors said Aug. 19. Shenghua Wen, a 42-year-old illegal alien living outside Los...

Chinese National Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison for Shipping Weapons to North Korea via China

The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington in a file photo. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times A Chinese national who overstayed his student visa has been sentenced to eight years in prison for illegally shipping ammunition and other military...

Chinese man given 8 yr prison term in US for exporting firearms, ammunition to N. Korea

A US judge has sentenced a Chinese national to eight years in prison for acting at North Korea's direction to illegally export firearms, ammunition and other military items to the North, according to a US attorney's office on Tuesday. The US...

North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Leveraged GitHub to Attack Foreign Embassies with XenoRAT Malware

A sophisticated espionage campaign targeting diplomatic missions in South Korea has exposed the evolving tactics of North Korean state-sponsored hackers. Between March and July 2025, threat actors linked to the notorious Kimsuky group conducted at...

Chinese national who overstayed visa learns fate for exporting weapons to North Korea

Former acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the Supreme Court clearing deportations to third nations, the push for illegal immigrants to receive due process and possible Iranian sleeper cells in the U.S. NEWYou can...

Chinese national living in U.S. gets 8 years in prison for smuggling weapons, tech to North Korea

Photos of a gun and parts of military electronics that were found on Shenghua Wen's phone, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Courtesy: U.S. Department of Justice A Chinese national living in the U.S. was sentenced to eight years in...

Chinese man given 8 yr prison term in U.S. for exporting firearms, ammunition to N. Korea

By Song Sang-ho WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. judge has sentenced a Chinese national to eight years in prison for acting at North Korea's direction to illegally export firearms, ammunition and other military items to the North, according...

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un Orders More Nuclear Weapons

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, ostensibly because recent joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea were an “obvious expression of their will to provoke war.” Kim...

California man gets 8-year prison sentence for shipping weapons to North Korea

Chinese man sentenced to 8 years for acting as North Korean agent

Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A Chinese national will spend nearly 10 years in prison for conspiring to smuggle weapons and sensitive U.S. technology to North Korea and accepting million-dollar bribes. Shenghua Wen, 42, of Ontario, Calif., was sentenced to...

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: Legitimacy and Denuclearization

The first and historic summit between the U.S. and North Korea was held in Singapore during Mr. Donald Trump’s first presidency on 12 June 2018. It was followed by the second summit in Vietnam on 27-28 February 2019. President Trump also briefly...

Man who admitted shipping weapons to North Korea is sentenced to 8 years in prison

LOS ANGELES -- A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea that he said were to be used for a surprise attack on South Korea, authorities said Tuesday. Shenghua...

Illegal Immigrant Sentenced for Smuggling Guns and Military Tech to North Korea

Shenghua Wen, a 42-year-old Chinese national and illegal immigrant living in Ontario, California, was sentenced on Monday to 96 months in federal prison for his role in the illicit export of firearms, ammunition, and a range of military-grade...

Chinese Illegal Gets 8 Years For Shipping Weapons To North Korea

An illegal immigrant from China was sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling weapons and sensitive technology to North Korea, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Shenghua Wen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China,...