Dennis Rodman is back to North Korea and met with a women’s basketball team
Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has travelled repeatedly to North Korea and has a close relationship with its leader Kim Jong Un. During his latest visit in the isolated country, Rodman had a low-key approach visiting a women’s basketball team and the birthplace of the North Korea founder Kim II Sung.
Rodman discussed with the players and also has scheduled a meeting with the sports minister of the authoritarian state. He is also expected to visit a newly built high-tech science complex, the Pyongyang Zoo and go bowling.
Dennis Rodman's North Korea trip has been uncharacteristically low-key so far https://t.co/l37mCFI1Ti pic.twitter.com/yxSTRKH475
— Bloomberg (@business) June 14, 2017
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The former NBA player has visited North Korea four times other times in 2013 and 2014.
In 2014, Rodman arranged a basketball game with other former NBA players and North Koreans and treated leader Kim with a rendition of “Happy Birthday.”
Dennis Rodman gives a thumbs up as he arrives in North Korea to meet old pal Kim Jong-unhttps://t.co/aelEV2asrj pic.twitter.com/8YDFOP7BUN
— JVJ SCIENCE (@javiervalerova1) June 13, 2017
The United States and North Korea official said that Rodman’s visit is not connected with the recent release of the imprisoned American student Otto Warmbier.
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