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.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's powerful sister accused Seoul on Wednesday (Aug 20) of having a "double character", slamming it for holding military drills with the US while attempting diplomatic overtures towards Pyongyang.

A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea.

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

Chinese citizen Shenghua Wen was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to export military equipment to North Korea while acting as an illegal foreign agent.

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.

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.

Nearly every Fortune 500 company is hiding the same uncomfortable secret: they have hired a North Korean IT worker. Why it matters: Despite how widespread the issue is, few companies are willing to talk publicly about it.