Pastor Lim's Church Begs For His Release From North Korea Jail
The church of a Korean Canadian pastor serving a life sentence in a North Korean prison has urged the government to try to secure his release.
Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, who travelled frequently to North Korea for charity and humanitarian work, was arrested in 2014 and sentenced to hard labour for life on December 16, 2015, after at least 10 months in detention. He was charged with "harming the dignity of the supreme leader", "trying to use religion to destroy North Korea" and "assisting North Koreans' escape". He pleaded guilty to the charges.
A petition in his support said: "He's made more than 100 trips to North Korea during the last 20 years, supplying food, textbooks, and agricultural tools to civilians. His trips were not political in nature."...