A man in California has been arrested for allegedly sending weapons and ammunition to North Korea from the U.S., prosecutors announced Tuesday. The big picture: Shenghua Wen, a Chinese national living unlawfully in Ontario,

South Korea’s hard-line conservative president has declared martial law in a bid to “eliminate anti-state forces”—causing chaos outside parliament as lawmakers forced entry to block the motion. In a move more suited to his infamous adversary to the north,

Shenghua Wen came to the U.S. in 2012 on a student visa and never left. He says North Korean officials asked him to procure guns, ammunition and other equipment for the North Korean military.