BBC trio expelled for ‘insulting the dignity’ of North Korea

North Korea has expelled three BBC journalists — including an Irishwoman — it had detained days earlier for “insulting the dignity” of the authoritarian country.

BBC trio expelled for ‘insulting the dignity’ of North Korea

Correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team had been scheduled to leave on Friday after accompanying a group of Nobel laureates on a North Korea trip.

Instead, the journalists were stopped at the airport, detained and questioned.

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