Tag: open the door

Rodman says trying to ‘open doors’ between US, North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Flamboyant basketball star Dennis Rodman says his mission to Pyongyang is an attempt to “open doors” with the isolated country, as the United States focuses on the release from North Korean custody of a comatose student. In a video filmed in Beijing before an unresponsive Otto Warmbier was evacuated to the US suffering from brain damage, the eccentric ex-Chicago Bull said he wanted to build bridges with the Stalinist state. “The […]

Dennis Rodman returns to North Korea hoping ‘to open the door’

by Cat Barton Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Flamboyant former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea Tuesday after saying he wants to “open the door” to the regime and claiming that United States President Donald Trump would be pleased with his mission. Sporting a baseball cap, sunglasses, multiple facial piercings and a black t-shirt emblazoned with the logo of sponsor PotCoin — a cryptocurrency for the legal cannabis industry — […]