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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung wants to resume dialogue with North Korea, laying out a three-step plan he hopes will convince Pyongyang to first walk back—and eventually abandon—its nuclear weapons program.
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.
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California man who admitted shipping weapons to North Korea is 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.
The modernization and arming of a North Korean destroyer with nuclear weapons is on schedule and is expected to progress to the next phase of trials in October, according to leader Kim Jong Un. Kim visited destroyer Choe Hyon’s (51) on Monday and was briefed by senior military leaders on the 5,
Shenghua Wen, 42, was sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with the scheme that earned him $2 million from North Korean handlers.