Rodman returns to Pyongyang but says won't bring back jailed American

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Rodman returns to Pyongyang but says won't bring back jailed American

By James Pearson
SINGAPORE | Mon Sep 2, 2013 9:09pm EDT

(Reuters) - Flamboyant former basketball star Dennis Rodman will arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a five-day visit to North Korea, his second this year, but said he had no plans to negotiate the release of a jailed American missionary.

There had been speculation that Rodman, who met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in March, would secure the release of Kenneth Bae who was jailed for 15 years for trying to overthrow the North Korean government.

"I'm not going to North Korea to discuss freeing Kenneth Bae," Rodman told Reuters in a telephone interview. "I'm just going there on another basketball diplomacy tour."

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[Politicalboi]

1. Even after he had all those musicians killed

Hey Rodman, I hope they keep you and we'll do NOTHING to get you back. Too bad, so sad. Why doesn't he just move there.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100996245

[David__77]

2. I think this is a good thing.

Fostering people-to-people contact is a good thing. It's like "ping pong diplomacy." Sadly, the Cold War virus is impacting too many people in this country.

[murielm99]

3. I agree.

You never know when something like this can present an opportunity for a thaw, for better relationships.