North Korea releases Canadian pastor

Canadian pastor, 62-year-old Hyeon Soo Lim, who was sentenced to a life term of hard labour in North Korea for "crimes against the state" in December 2015 was released 'on humanitarian grounds', the country's official news agency says.

The Canadian government confirmed a delegation had arrived in Pyongyang to discuss Mr Lim's case.

The Toronto-based pastor, who is of South Korean origin, publically confessed to plotting to overthrow the North Korean government and set up a "religious state".

Mr Lim's family said he had travelled to Pyongyang in January 2015 to build a nursing home, nursery and orphanage. His church confirmed he had visited the country more than 100 times since 1997.

UCJ, UNILORIN.