A Canadian pastor, detained in North Korea for 10 months, has now been sentenced to life in prison there "for subversion."<br />The Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim was found guilty of anti-government activities and of spreading false propaganda, the Chinese state news agency Xinhua said.<br />"The supreme court announced that Lim was guilty of joining the United States and South Korea in anti-DPRK human rights 'racket' and fabricating and circulating false propaganda materials tarnishing the country's image," Xinhua said.<br />His punishment: A lifetime of labor, the agency said.<br />Lim, 60, ministers the 3,000-member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto.<br />He is a Canadian citizen who emigrated from South Korea in 1986.
