Dennis Rodman Returns to North Korea; American Prisoner is Released to Family

[TheTimeIsNotNow]

A story from Best Korea and another chapter penned in to the worlds strangest bromance.

http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-rodman-north-korea-20170613-story.html

Basketball legend Dennis Rodman landed in North Korea on Tuesday, amid speculation he could serve as a backdoor negotiator between the U.S. and the reclusive nation.

Hours later, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that North Korea had released University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who had been imprisoned there and sentenced to 15 years’ hard labor for crimes against the state — reportedly stealing a banner from a hotel.

"At the direction of the president, the Department of State has secured the release of Otto Warmbier from North Korea," Tillerson said in a statement. "Mr. Warmbier is en route to the U.S. where he will be reunited with his family."

Rodman has an unusual relationship with the isolated nation’s young leader, Kim Jong-un — who is a basketball fan. The former NBA star has visited the country at least four other times, sailing on a yacht with Kim and holding his young daughter.

He’s spoken admirably about the dictator’s power and called him a “friend for life.”

Rodman, often seen covered in tattoos and ear piercings, may have spent more time with Kim than any other American.

 

[faustian]

Rodman is all about the hardcore MAGA lifestyle

 

[RedCansLoom16]

One of these times Kim Jong-Un is gonna set the Anti Aircraft gun on Rodman's ass for not laughing at one of his jokes or something.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

The Kim Whisperer

 

[Graves The Elder]

obviously, Kim is a fan of the BBC

 

[MCS]

News are taking the wrong angle with this (don't mean the OP). What he does is positive, the back and forth threats don't lead to anything. Rodman talks to him man to man and makes progress.