North Korea expels BBC correspondent, team
The correspondent has been identified as Rupert Wingfield-Hayes.
BBC website said: "Our correspondent, producer Maria Byrne and cameraman Matthew Goddard were stopped by officials on Friday as they were about to leave North Korea."
"Wingfield-Hayes was questioned for eight hours by North Korean officials and made to sign a statement," the British media house said.
They flew to China capital Beijing from Pyongyang city in North Korea.
Maria Byrne tweeted: "We are very happy to be back in Beijing."
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