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Chinese man jailed for 8 years in US for smuggling arms to North Korea
The Independent
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August 21, 2025
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World : South Korea’s President to Pursue Three-Stage Denuclearisation Strategy for North Korea
Bernama
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August 21, 2025
SEOUL, Aug 21 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung has said he will pursue a three-stage denuclearisation plan for North Korea, with Seoul approaching the strategy through active dialogue with Pyongyang based on its solid...
Unrepentant Former Long-Term Prisoner Blocked From Crossing Into North Korea
The Korea Bizwire
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August 20, 2025
On the morning of August 20, at the southern end of Tongil Bridge in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, unrepentant long-term prisoner Ahn Hak-seop (center), who is demanding repatriation to North Korea, holds up a North Korean flag. (Yonhap) PAJU, Aug. 20...
North Korea wired an agent $2M to smuggle weapons, tech and disguises out of California
AOL
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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...
North Korea is where this 95-year-old wants to die. South Korea won’t let him go
KESQ-TV - California
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August 20, 2025
Gawon Bae, Mike Valerio, Yoonjung Seo, Charlie Miller Paju, South Korea (CNN) — Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to...
Chinese Man Jailed For Smuggling Weapons From US To North Korea
RTTNews
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August 20, 2025
An illegal alien from China was sentenced to 96 months in prison for smuggling firearms and other military items to North Korea. Shenghua Wen of Ontario was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen V. Wilson for the Central District of...
North Korea-linked hackers target embassies in Seoul in new espionage campaign
The Record
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August 19, 2025
A North Korea-linked hacker group carried out a months-long espionage campaign against foreign embassies in South Korea, disguising its attacks as routine diplomatic correspondence, researchers found. The operation, active since March and still...
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un Orders More Nuclear Weapons
Breitbart
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August 19, 2025
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...
Chinese national in California jailed for exporting weapons to North Korea
Euronews
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August 20, 2025
Published on 20/08/2025 - 10:51 GMT+2 A Chinese national in California has been sentenced to eight years in prison for shipping firearms and ammunition to North Korea. North Korean officials paid Shenghua Wen around $2 million (€1.7 million) to...
Chinese Smuggler Gets Eight Years for Shipping U.S. Guns to North Korea
The Maritime Executive
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A Chinese national who has been living in the U.S illegally has been jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to exporting weapons to North Korea in containers departing the Port of Long Beach. Shenghua Wen, 42, a Chinese national who has been...
California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea — sentenced to 8 years in prison
New York Post
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August 20, 2025
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
BBC
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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...
Will travelling outside the EU subject French to stricter tax audits?
Euronews
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August 21, 2025
Published on 21/08/2025 - 16:38 GMT+2 In a much-watched TikTok video, a French-speaking presenter claims that, as soon as a person boards an aeroplane from France to a country outside the European Union, they are signing up for an automatic tax...
North Korean Kimsuky Hackers Use GitHub to Target Foreign Embassies with XenoRAT Malware
GBHackers
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August 19, 2025
The Trellix Advanced Research Center exposed a DPRK-linked espionage operation attributed to the Kimsuky group (APT43), targeting diplomatic missions in South Korea. Between March and July, at least 19 spear-phishing emails impersonated trusted...
California man jailed for shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea
Irish Independent
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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
FOX Rochester - New York
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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
USA Today
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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 man given 8 yr prison term in US for exporting firearms, ammunition to N. Korea
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
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...
Chinese man given 8 yr prison term in U.S. for exporting firearms, ammunition to N. Korea
Yonhap News Agency
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August 19, 2025
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...
Chinese national who overstayed visa learns fate for exporting weapons to North Korea
Fox News
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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...