Canadian pastor News

If confirmed, Kim Dong Chul, would be the second Western citizen known to be held currently in North Korea.

Pyongyang views foreign missionaries with deep suspicion, though it allows some to undertake humanitarian work.

North Korea has sentenced a Canadian pastor to life imprisonment following his arrest at the beginning of the year on subversion charges.

Hyeon Soo Lim, the head pastor at a Toronto church that is one of Canada`s largest, has been held by North Korea since February.