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    North Korea deports BBC journalist

    North Korea is deporting BBC journalist Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team. The group of three was trying to leave the country on Friday when they were arrested.

    Wingfield-Hayes underwent eight hours of questioning and was required to sign a statement.

    The reporters were covering the Workers Party Congress, and North Korean authorities were reportedly angry at their descriptions of life in Pyongyang.

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