Shenghua Wen, 42, was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the scheme that earned him $2 million from North Korean handlers.

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.

Chinese citizen Shenghua Wen received 8-year prison sentence for conspiracy to export military equipment to North Korea while acting as illegal foreign agent.

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 said. Shenghua Wen, 42, received around $2m (£1.5m) from North Korean officials to ship the items from California, according to a statement from the agency on Monday.

After seven decades in the South, a former POW has a final wish: to spend his twilight inside a Kim regime he never stopped fighting for.

South Korea’s NSSC and KHNP are planning reactor cooling upgrades as rising sea temperatures threaten eight nuclear plants within 10 years.

Korea Zinc and Young Poong reported opposite results for the first half of this year. Korea Zinc cruised well, while Young Poong posted an operating loss.

Escalating tensions over a deal between South Korea’s state-run energy firms and US company Westinghouse are complicating the agenda for the upcoming Korea-US s

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