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Tearful Rodman claims vindication for Kim ties

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) — Basketball star and improbable North Korean envoy Dennis Rodman broke down in tears live on television Tuesday as he recounted the hostility he faced for meeting dictator Kim Jong Un. Amid a landmark summit between President Donald Trump and the young North Korean strongman, Rodman appeared on CNN to voice hope, and vindication. “I got death threats,” Rodman said breaking down in tears. “I couldn’t even go home … I had […]

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 […]