SEOUL: A BBC reporter in North Korea was detained, interrogated for eight hours and eventually expelled over his reporting in the run-up to a rare ruling party congress, the British broadcaster said Monday.

Foreign reporters invited to cover specific events in North Korea are subjected to very tight restrictions, regarding access and movement.

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