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Bosonic

(3,746 posts) Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:27 AM Feb 2013

N. Korea's Kim, Rodman watch basketball game: Xinhua

Source: AFP

BEIJING — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watched a basketball game with former Chicago Bulls' star Dennis Rodman on Thursday, Chinese state media reported.

In a dispatch from Pyongyang, China's official Xinhua news agency said that Kim and Rodman watched a game consisting of players from North Korea and the Harlem Globetrotters, a famed goodwill team from the United States.

Xinhua, which has a bureau in the North Korean capital, cited unidentified witnesses for its account.

Rodman, a 51-year-old Hall of Famer, was quoted as calling relations between the United States and North Korea "regrettable", though added "personally I am a friend of Marshal Kim Jong-Un and the DPRK people".

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N. Korea's Kim, Rodman watch basketball game: Xinhua (Original Post) Bosonic Feb 2013 OP

A guess Dennis' gig of trying to get people to pay him to watch a basketball game w/him .... Botany Feb 2013 #1

Maybe he can talk to his friend about the treatment of NK citizens. Marrah_G Feb 2013 #2

Dennis needs to help his buddy Kim Jong-Un spice up his wardrobe. gordianot Feb 2013 #3

See??? AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #4

I dunno. His father imported a LOT of Western entertainment for his own pleasure. NYC Liberal Feb 2013 #5

I say give him more exposure.... AsahinaKimi Feb 2013 #7

Dennis Rodman will be a great global ambassador and peacemaker. bluedigger Feb 2013 #6

Only Rodman could go to DPRK Paulie Feb 2013 #8

Rodman the Nixon of the twentyfirst century Kim Jong-Un needs a man purse and feather boas. gordianot Feb 2013 #9

Heh, guess I'm not the only person thinking of table tennis.. (nt) Posteritatis Feb 2013 #13

What will happen to the North Korean team if they lose to the Harlem Globtrotters? Crowman1979 Feb 2013 #10

That made me LOL WhoWoodaKnew Feb 2013 #11

How to make Dennis Rodman look like a regular guy slackmaster Feb 2013 #12

Botany

(70,517 posts)

1. A guess Dennis' gig of trying to get people to pay him to watch a basketball game w/him ....

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:38 AM

Feb 2013

.... didn't turn out so well so he has to go to N. Korea to get work.

Marrah_G

(28,581 posts)

2. Maybe he can talk to his friend about the treatment of NK citizens.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:38 AM

Feb 2013

gordianot

(15,242 posts)

3. Dennis needs to help his buddy Kim Jong-Un spice up his wardrobe.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:40 AM

Feb 2013

Lots of possibilities there to help out the young guy who dresses and acts like his Father and Grandfather. I am actually a little encouraged, Dennis Rodman is the last person I can think of who bows to authority and convention.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)

4. See???

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 11:49 AM

Feb 2013

THIS GUY can get out of North Korea when He wants to. It was reported a year or so ago he attended a Madonna Concert some where in Asia. There were photos of him just like this.

IF he got out more..and went to see some great entertainment, like say maybe a KPOP concert with Kara or SNSD or 2NE1, he JUST MIGHT mellow out, and not think the world was that bad. IF he brought this kind of entertainment to North Korea, it be even better. All he needs to do is chill, kick back and check out some tunes. He needs an Ipod!

Wouldn't it be great if this lead to a more Peaceful and open North Korea?

NYC Liberal

(20,136 posts)

5. I dunno. His father imported a LOT of Western entertainment for his own pleasure.

Reply to AsahinaKimi (Reply #4)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:08 PM

Feb 2013

Kim Jong-il was an NBA fan, loved Elizabeth Taylor and Elvis, and was a huge "film buff" (I think one of his favorite movies was Friday the 13th). Didn't really change him; he got even more eccentric.

AsahinaKimi

(20,776 posts)

7. I say give him more exposure....

Reply to NYC Liberal (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 28, 2013, 12:15 PM

Feb 2013

He has spent time outside of North Korea. Maybe he needs to spend more time. Maybe someone should take him to Disneyland! Anything to get him to see, the world really isn't that bad of a place.