article_snippet: The Lim family and the church community is asking fellow Canadians and the international community to continue praying for his release and safe return home," a family spokeswoman said in a short emailed statement.
article_snippet: Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, went to North Korea on a humanitarian trip as his had done over a hundred times before, said Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for his church, based in Mississauga, Ontario.
article_snippet: On January 30, Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim traveled to North Korea from China with a companion from the church who last spoke with Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim the following day.
article_snippet: Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim was scheduled to return February 4 from what was described as a "routine" trip to Rajin, in northeastern North Korea, where the Light Korean Presbyterian Church supports a nursery, orphanage and nursing home, according to the Light Korean Presbyterian Church.
article_snippet: In 1986, Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim immigrated to Canada from North Korea with Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim wife and son.
article_snippet: Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim speaks fluent Korean and leads a 3,000-member church.
article_snippet: Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for his church, based in Mississauga, Ontariothe Light Korean Presbyterian Church, said Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for his church, based in Mississauga, Ontario doesn't believe Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim would have engaged in any type of proselytizing, which is prohibited in North Korea.
article_snippet: Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim knows the language, Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim knows the nature of the government, so we don't see that as a legitimate reason that Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim would be detained," Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for his church, based in Mississauga, Ontario said.
article_snippet: we don't believe that's the way Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim would have behaved.
article_snippet: Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim's very wise about that.
highlights_snippet: Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, speaks Korean fluently and has visited North Korea numerous times .
  