NBA star returns to North Korea to visit 'friend' leader Kim Jong-Un

Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman has returned to North Korea to visit his ‘friend’ leader Kim Jong-Un, playing down speculation he would try to help free a jailed American.

NBA star returns to North Korea to visit 'friend' leader Kim Jong-Un
Wed, 04 Sep, 2013 - 01:00

Kenneth Bae, 44, has been held prisoner in North Korea since November 2012, and Rodman had said last week he might seek the man’s release. But speaking to reporters at Beijing airport en route to the North Korean capital, Rodman said: ‘I’m just going to meet my friend Kim the marshall to start a new basketball league going.’

Picture: PA

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