North Korea says it has released a Korean-Canadian pastor who was held for two-and-a-half years in detention. Hyeon Soo Lim has been Pyongyang’s longest-held Western prisoner in decades, and he was released on “sick bail” Wednesday for “humanitarian” reasons, according to North Korean state-run news. Hyeon was sentenced to a life of hard labor in prison after a conviction in December 2015, but the 62-year-old has experienced deteriorating health while in custody.
