Rodman Returns to North Korea

“The former basketball star Dennis Rodman returned Tuesday to North Korea, where he plans ‘to see my friend’ Kim Jong-un, the dictator whose country until recently was threatening to annihilate the United States with nuclear weapons,” the New York Times reports.

“Mr. Rodman said in Beijing that he was planning a five-day visit to the North but played down speculation that he would try to secure the release of Kenneth Bae, a Korean-American Christian missionary who has been jailed there since late last year after being detained on North Korean soil. ”