Canadian Pastor North Korea

• Canadian pastor freed from North Korean prison shares story of survival

  After being released from more than two years of imprisonment in North Korea, a Canadian pastor is sharing his story of survival.

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2017
  
• Canadian pastor released by North Korea to attend church service in Ontario this Sunday

  Hyeong Soo Lim was released on what state media described as "sick bail" after being handed a life sentence with hard labour in 2015.

  Canada

  Aug 11, 2017
  
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• North Korean prisons: UN reports torture, starvation and execution

  There are an estimated 200,000 people, including children, imprisoned in North Korea, according to a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry’s on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

  World

  Aug 9, 2017
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• Who is the Canadian pastor that was imprisoned in North Korea?

  Canadian citizen, Hyeon Soo Lim headed to North Korea in 2015 for a humanitarian mission. Months later he was imprisoned for trying overthrow Kim Jong Un’s authoritarian regime.

  Canada

  Aug 9, 2017
• North Korea releases Canadian pastor serving life sentence in prison

  Hyeon Soo Lim, who served at one of the largest churches in Canada, he was sentenced to hard labour for life in December 2015 for what North Korea says was an attempt to overthrow the regime. 

  World

  Aug 9, 2017
• Canadian officials back in North Korea to discuss imprisoned pastor

  Canadian officials have traveled to North Korea to discuss the case of a Canadian pastor serving a life sentence there, a spokesman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Aug 8, 2017