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Dennis Rodman on 'basketball diplomacy' trip to North Korea

Former basketball player Dennis Rodman is returning to North Korea with a dozen former NBA colleagues to play an exhibition game. He said he hoped the trip would show people that the secretive state is "not that bad".

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Rodman: Kim Jong-un is my friend and I love him

Dennis Rodman declared his love for the leader of North Korea Kim Jon-un today, according to the AFP news agency.

Asked whether he planned to raise issues of human rights on his trip, he reportedly said:

But I am not going to sit there and go 'Hey guy, you are doing the wrong thing. That is not the right way to do it. He is my friend first ... and I love him.

– dennis rodman

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