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Agence France-Presse

A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained and ordered expelled from the country over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said Monday.
The reporter, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, was detained on Friday at Pyongyang airport as he was leaving the country with two other staff, the BBC said.
He was then questioned alone for eight hours, it added.
“The team have now been taken to the airport,” it said.
It added that North Korean leaders had expressed displeasure with the team’s reports “which had highlighted aspects of life in the capital”.

Xinhua news agency, which has a bureau in Pyongyang, said the North’s National Peace Committee had held a press conference Monday saying Wingfield-Hayes had been expelled for “attacking the DPRK system and non-objective reporting.”
The DPRK is North Korea’s official acronym.
O Ryong-il, secretary-general of the North’s National Peace Committee, said Wingfield-Hayes wrote an apology and would never be admitted into the country again.
CNN correspondent Will Ripley said Wingfield-Hayes was interrogated for an inappropriate description of leader Kim Jong-un in his coverage.

During his spell in the country of around a week, Wingfield-Hayes filed reports on the visit by a group of Nobel Laureates as well as on visits to Kim Il-sung University, a martial arts display and a funfair.
In his first article on the trip, Wingfield-Hayes said he was “hoping for any chance to see North Korea ‘off script’,” and added that on a previous visit to Pyongyang, “I tried to sneak out to see a bit of Pyongyang street life...a soldier jumped out of the bushes and ordered me to turn around.”
North Korea granted visas to 128 journalists from 12 countries. Their movements are closely managed and as of Monday morning they had yet to get access to the proceedings of the party congress.
Additional reporting by Reuters, Associated Press and Kyodo


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BBC correspondent in North Korea detained and expelled over reporting 

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. Photo: BBC

In this image made from video by North Korean broadcaster KRT, military officers applaud as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives speech at the party congress in Pyongyang, North Korea, Saturday, May 7, 2016. North Korea will not use its nuclear weapons first unless its sovereignty is invaded, state media on Sunday, May 8, quoted Kim as saying during a critical ruling party congress. Kim also said he is ready to improve ties with "hostile" nations in a diplomatic overture in the face of international pressure over its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. He called for more talks with rival South Korea to reduce misunderstanding and distrust between them and urged the United States to stay away from inter-Korean issues, according to the official Korean Central News Agency. (KRT via AP Video) NORTH KOREA OUT

Foreign reporters and their government guides follow the address by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) congress, at a hotel in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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BBC correspondent in North Korea detained and expelled over reporting

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Broadcaster said officials did not like reports about life in the capital Pyongyang