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.

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.

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 received 8-year prison sentence for conspiracy to export military equipment to North Korea while acting as 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.

North Korea criticizes South Korea for joint military exercises with the US while pursuing diplomatic talks, highlighting Seoul's 'double character'.

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.