Hyeon Soo Lim

Hyeon Soo Lim (Korean: 임현수; born February 16, 1955) is a Canadian pastor of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Mississauga. He is a South Korean-born Canadian citizen. He was operating humanitarian efforts in North Korea providing tens of millions of dollars' worth of aid before disappearing in February 2015. The DPRK had arrested him and in December 2015, Lim was sentenced to life with hard labour for crimes against the North Korean regime.

Hyeon Soo Lim
Born (1955-02-16) February 16, 1955
Seoul, South Korea
OccupationPastor
Known forImprisoned by North Korea
Hyeon Soo Lim
Hangul
임현수
Revised RomanizationIm Hyeon-su
McCune–ReischauerIm Hyŏn-su

In August 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a Canadian international government delegation to Pyongyang to discuss the case. Lim was released from detention on August 9, 2017, and arrived in Canada on August 12, 2017.

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