Chinese man sentenced for smuggling weapons to North Korea from Port of Long Beach

KTLA ^ | August 18, 2025 | by: Travis Schlepp

[artichokegrower]

A Chinese national accused of exporting military items to North Korea has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison, the United States Department of Justice announced Monday.

Shenghua Wen, 42, was arrested last December on allegations that he illegally exported firearms, ammunition and other military items to the dictatorship on the direction of North Korean government officials.

[artichokegrower]

In June, as part of a plea deal

Only deal should have been if he got a blindfold or not

[No name given]

Exactly.

[Red6]

I do not think there was ever a formal peace declared, merely an armastic, which ended the combat in the Korean war.

Technically, this guy was selling arms to a nation we are still at war with.

[hanamizu]

Technically, this guy was selling arms to a nation we are still at war with.

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Technically, the Korean War was always officially labeled as a ‘police action’. We haven’t declared war against anyone since 1942 (Romania, Bulgaria, & Hungary).

[ifinnegan]

Lips and teeth.