Posted on 12/17/2015 6:42:29 AM PST by NRx
(CNN)North Korea sentenced a Canadian pastor Wednesday to life in prison "for subversive plots and activities," according to its state news agency.
The official news agency KCNA reported that the Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim "confessed to all heinous crimes he had committed."
The report accused Lim of having "committed anti-DPRK religious activities, conducted false propaganda among overseas Koreans, and took active part in the operation of the U.S. and (a South Korean) conservative group to lure and abduct DPRK citizens ... in their programs for 'aiding defectors from the north.' "
North Korea already had detained him for 10 months.
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A martyr for Christ, but he knew this going into that God-forsaken land—which is where the Word is truly needed. What courage and hope he will bring to the prisoners.
Maybe some threats to NK and the munchkin would assist in his release.
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