‘DIPLOMACY TOUR’? Rodman “The Worm” Visits N. Korea, Won’t Help Free American
Dennis Rodman makes return visit to North Korea … Will Not Help Free American
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea Tuesday to begin his second visit to that country this year, but the man nicknamed “The Worm” said earlier in the day he will not try to negotiate the release of an American held by Kim Jong-un’s regime since late last year.
“I’m not going to North Korea to discuss freeing Kenneth Bae,” Rodman told Reuters
from Beijing, the traditional jumping-off point for flights into Pyongyang. “I’m just going there on another basketball diplomacy tour.”
“I just want to meet my friend Kim, the marshal, and start a basketball league over there,” Rodman told the Associated Press. “I have not been promised anything. I am just going there as a friendly gesture.
“I’m just going over there to have a good time and try to bridge the gap with Americans and North Koreans,” Rodman added. “Just let’s let people see in America that it’s not a bad thing to go to North Korea and have a good time and meet new people.”
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