Hyeon Soo Lim (Korean: ???; born February 16, 1955) is a Canadian pastor of the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Mississauga.
He is a South Korean-born Canadian citizen.
He was operating humanitarian efforts in North Korea providing tens of millions of dollars' worth of aid before disappearing in February 2015.
The DPRK had arrested him and in December 2015, Lim was sentenced to life with hard labor for crimes against the North Korean regime.In August 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a Canadian government delegation to Pyongyang to discuss the case.
Lim was released from detention on August 9, 2017, and arrived in Canada on August 12, 2017.