Korean-Canadian religious leaders, friends and family gathered at a suburban Toronto church on Monday, March 9, to pray for a Canadian pastor who is being detained by North Korean authorities while on a humanitarian mission.
60-yr-old Hyeon Soo Lim the founder of Light Korean Presbyterian Church was last heard from on Jan. 31 after he traveled to North Korea.
Church leaders say the Canadian government has told them it is working to secure his release, Reuters reports.
Canada has had limited influence in North Korea since it suspended diplomatic ties with Pyongyang in 2010.