NKOREA JAILS ANOTHER MISSIONARY  This file picture taken by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 30, shows Canadian reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, who is being held in North Korea, during a public interrogation at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang. North Korea has sentenced Lim to life imprisonment following his arrest at the beginning of the year on subversion charges, China’s official news agency reported on December 16. AFP PHOTO
NKOREA JAILS ANOTHER MISSIONARY
This file picture taken by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on July 30, shows Canadian reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, who is being held in North Korea, during a public interrogation at the People’s Palace of Culture in Pyongyang. North Korea has sentenced Lim to life imprisonment following his arrest at the beginning of the year on subversion charges, China’s official news agency reported on December 16. AFP PHOTO

BEIJING: North Korea has sentenced a Canadian pastor to life imprisonment, the latest in a series of high-profile arrests and jailings of foreign missionaries accused of meddling in state affairs.

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