BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team are being expelled from North Korea after being detained over their reporting.
He was questioned for eight hours by North Korean officials and made to sign a statement.
All three were held over the weekend but have now been taken to the airport.
The BBC team was in North Korea ahead of the Workers Party Congress, accompanying a delegation of Nobel prize laureates conducting a research trip.
The North Korean leadership was displeased with their reports highlighting aspects of life in the capital.