N. Korea jails Canadian pastor for life with hard labour - Yahoo News
AFP reports: "An influential Canadian pastor was sentenced Wednesday to life in
prison with hard labour by a North Korean court following his conviction
on sedition charges, prompting Canada to slam the punishment as 'unduly
harsh.'
South Korean-born Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, a pastor at the Light Korean
Presbyterian Church in Toronto, is the latest in a series of foreign
missionaries to be arrested, deported or jailed for allegedly meddling
in state affairs. [...] Although religious freedom is enshrined in the North's constitution, it does not exist in practice and religious activities are restricted to officially recognised groups linked to the government."
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