North Korea has a covert military base near the Chinese border that poses a “potential nuclear threat” to the United States mainland, according to new research

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.

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,

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.

Illegal transfers at sea are one of the few ways North Korea, largely isolated from the international community, can obtain fuel because of strict United Nations sanctions against its nuclear weapons and missile programmes.

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.

An illegal immigrant from China was sentenced to eight years in prison for smuggling weapons and sensitive technology to North Korea, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Tuesday. Shenghua Wen, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China,

North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China that may house Pyongyang’s newest long-range ballistic missiles, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank said.