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BBC correspondent detained in North Korea for 'non-objective reporting'

BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and is to be expelled from the country over reporting.

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Indo Asian News Service|May 09, 2016, 11:27:01 IST

London: BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has been detained in North Korea and is to be expelled from the country over reporting.The country's National Peace Committee told a press conference on Monday in Pyongyang that the step was taken against the correspondent for attacking the North Korean system and non-objective reporting during the filming crew's stay.The correspondent will be banned from entering North Korea again, the committee added.

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First Published:May 09, 2016, 11:19:50 IST
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