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He had visited the nation over 100 times in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is this tremendous love for the people of the DPRK that motivated Mr. Lim to travel [to North Korea],\u201d family spokeswoman Lisa Pak told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>However, while carrying out his mission, he was taken into custody in February 2015 and accused of committing hostile acts against the North Korean regime. In December of that year, Lim was put on trial and sentenced to indefinite hard labor<a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2017\/08\/09\/canadian-pastor-sentenced-to-hard-labor-for-life-in-north-korea-freed-on-sick-bail\/\">. 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