Former NBA All-Star Dennis Rodman is back in North Korea to visit the country's supreme leader Kim Jong Un. The pair has struck up a friendship over the past year, but the reason for Rodman's latest visit remains unclear.
Peter Shadbolt of CNN reports the eccentric Hall of Famer is expected to spend five days in the nation after arriving in the capital of Pyongyang. There have been mixed messages about whether Rodman will try to accomplish anything of a diplomatic nature, such as pushing for the release of jailed U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae, according to James Pearson and Megha Rajagopalan of Reuters:
In Beijing, the gateway for flights to Pyongyang, Rodman told Reuters he was on another "basketball diplomacy tour" and would not be discussing the release of Bae.
"I'm not going to North Korea to discuss freeing Kenneth Bae," Rodman told Reuters in a telephone interview before he left Beijing for Pyongyang. "I've come out here to see my friend (Kim) -- and I want to talk about basketball," he added.
However, the report also points to previous comments made by Rodman to Marc Lamont Hill of the Huffington Post, ...
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Dennis Rodman Returns to North Korea to Visit Friend Kim Jong Un
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