Read this on the National Post
Dennis Rodman has recently traveled to North Korea -again and while he says he's had a great time, he did not get to meet their dear leader this last go around. He said that won’t stop him from coming back on Kim’s birthday next month to hold an exhibition game with other former basketball stars.
On the night before he was due to leave Pyongyang, Rodman told The Associated Press on Sunday that he had not yet had a meeting with Kim. The flamboyant Hall of Famer said that he didn’t expect to meet the leader every time he comes to North Korea, and that his current trip was for training North Korean basketball players who will take part in the match Rodman is organizing for Kim’s birthday on Jan. 8.
“I’m not just coming over here to meet the leader,” Rodman said. “I came over here to meet the basketball team, to prepare a great game for the leader for his birthday. And people need to understand that it’s not important for me to meet him every time I come over because he has another greater job to do for his country, and I respect that, but this trip was basically to come over to train the team, so we can have a great, great, game.”
I think that for a USA sports player to make such a big fuss and actually acting on it to go visit an isolated country is very dangerous. It seems as if it is much for popularity and publicity rather than really trying to help the people.
Dennis Rodman has always been weird. I think he enjoys going against the crowd and is doing so now with his "good relations" with the North Korean leader. I would not want to help organize a basketball game for his birthday.
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