Dennis Rodman will go back to North Korea; other ex-NBA players to follow

[Eugene]

Source: CNN

Dennis Rodman will go back to North Korea; other ex-NBA players to follow

By Holly Yan and Steve Forrest, CNN
December 4, 2013 -- Updated 0748 GMT (1548 HKT)

(CNN) -- Seems like Dennis Rodman can't get enough of North Korea.

The retired basketball star is headed to the reclusive country for the third time on December 18. He'll spend several days helping train the North Korean basketball team, which will play at least one exhibition game against former NBA players in January, according to Paddy Power, the UK-based online betting company sponsoring Rodman's trip.

The heavily pierced and tattooed icon will be traveling with a documentary crew, Paddy Power spokesman Rory Scott said.

But it's not clear whether Rodman, 52, will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom Rodman calls "a very good guy" -- despite international condemnation of the country's human rights record.

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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/04/world/asia/dennis-rodman-north-korea/

[SummerSnow]

1. just one big bromance

[zbdent]

2. When Nixon went to China ...

wasn't he hailed as doing a great thing? (By the "liberally-biased media", no less ...)

If it had been Humphrey, after winning the 1968 election, he would have been labeled as kow-towing to his Communist masters, right?

[global1]

3. Recently I Read About The Ousting Of Un's Uncle....

Could Kim Jong Un be softening and wanting to do good for his people? Rodman claims Kim Jong Un is a 'good guy'. Perhaps he really is and he realizes that his country was on the wrong path. Could this be a first step in creating some sort of platform to move toward a reconciliation with S.Korea and the World in general? Is Kim Jong Un being influenced in any way by Rodman?

I know that Rodman isn't held in high regard by many - but????????

[rocktivity]

4. In all fairness, the man has bills to pay

and I guess no one in America is hiring "heavily pierced and tattooed icons" -- especially when they come in basic black.


rocktivity