"North Korea's highest court has sentenced a Canadian Christian pastor to a life term of hard labour for "crimes against the state".
Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, was arrested in the capital Pyongyang after he travelled there in January for humanitarian work.

Canada's foreign ministry said in a statement it was "dismayed at the unduly harsh sentence... particularly given his age and fragile health." It added that Canadian officials were seeking access to Mr Lim.
He was also accused of funding and helping "defectors" to escape, in some cases through Mongolia.

Mr Lim and his colleagues travelled to Pyongyang on 31 January as part of a humanitarian mission. His family said it was to support a nursing home, nursery and orphanage.
Mr Lim, who heads the Light Korean Presbyterian Church, had made numerous humanitarian aid missions to North Korea for nearly two decades, the Church said.
He was detained in February and in July a KCNA report said Mr Lim had given a press conference in Pyongyang where he admitted to using humanitarian work as a "guise" for "subversive plots and activities in a sinister bid to build a religious state".

Recent cases (all American) include:
Matthew Todd Miller had been sentenced to six years' hard labour in September 2014 for what North Korean state media described as "hostile acts", but was released in November the same year
Kenneth Bae was arrested in November 2012 and accused of using his tourism business to form groups to overthrow the government. Sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in May 2013 but released along with Mr Miller
Jeffrey Fowle, held for five months and charged with "anti-state" crimes - released in October 2014
Korean War veteran Merrill Newman held in October 2013 on charges of "hostile acts", released in December the same year"

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Article can be found here:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35109452
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Here is another detailed article about this incident.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-dismayed-at-life-sentence-handed-to-pastor-in-north-korea/article27779189/