Prison bound: Hyeon heading to the Pyongyang court for his sentencing. — AP
BEIJING: North Korea has sentenced a Canadian pastor to life imprisonment, the latest in a series of high-profile jailings of foreign missionaries accused of meddling in state affairs.
South Korean-born Hyeon Soo-lim, a pastor at the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, was sentenced by the Supreme Court after a brief trial, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported from Pyongyang.
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