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Canadian Pastor Missing In North Korea

A Canadian pastor is missing in North Korea.

Rev. Hyeon Soo Lim, the head of the 3,000 member Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, was scheduled to return home from a visit to North Korea one month ago.  No one has heard from the pastor since that time.

“[Lim] left Toronto on Jan. 27 for Seoul, then flew to China and crossed over the northern border of North Korea into the Rajin region,” explained Lisa Pak, official spokesperson for both the family of Rev. Lim and Light Korean Presbyterian, told The Christian Post.  “[He] traveled to the Rajin region to continue support for the on-going ministry of orphanages, nursery and nursing homes.”

Pak said that Rev. Lim had traveled to North Korea many times previously and knew how to deal with the political situation in the region.

The Associated Press noted that the country had just lifted travel restrictions due to Ebola.

“Pak said they are not sure why they haven’t heard from him, but noted North Korea just lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders,” reported the AP.

“The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners last October, halting all non-essential visas and requiring those few foreigners allowed in to undergo three weeks of quarantine.”

Eleven Commercial Aircraft Missing From Libyan Airport

Western intelligence agencies are scrambling after discovering that 11 commercial aircraft have disappeared from the airport in Tripoli airport.

Islamist militias took control of the airport last month as they continue to take over the country.  There have been continual battles around the airport between the rival Islamist groups that have resulted in intelligence agencies not being able to confirm which groups may have flown the aircraft to other locations.

The fear is that many of the planes will be used to make attacks on September 11th, the 13th anniversary of the attacks on New York and the 2nd anniversary of the attack on the Benghazi embassy assault.

The airport still has seven aircraft in various states of damage sitting around the terminal.  However, Libyan Airlines had 14 planes this summer and state-owned Afriqiyah Airways had 13 aircraft.  All but 11 have been found since the airport was closed in mid-July.

Military forces all across North Africa have been placed on a heightened alert because of the missing planes.