Link to report by journalist expelled from N.Korea removed

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Link to report by journalist expelled from N.Korea removed

Reasons for removal of report peppered with critical remarks unknown; BBC refuses to comment

Hamish Macdonald May 10, 2016

Link to report by journalist expelled from N.Korea removed

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Update: On May 20, the BBC decided to repost the previously removed article on their website, stating that they had taken it down, "in the interests of our staff while they were in North Korea". It had been revealed on the same day, that the BBC removed the article in question in an agreement with North Korean authorities.

A report filed from Pyongyang by the recently expelled journalist Rupert Wingfield-Hayes appears to have been removed from the BBC's website.

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Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

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