| Photo From Reuters: Dennis Rodman hugs North Korean Leader during his last visit. |
Something that President Obama, the most powerful leader of the Western world and President Park Gyen-hye of South Korea couldn't do --might be done by a former Basketball player.
Dennis Rodman, more known in the world of NBA, basketball and in the subject of body piercing and tattoos than politics, has said that he will go to North Korea, engage into a dialogue with his "friend", the supreme leader Kim Jong-un in an effort to have the American captive released.
Kenneth Bae was apprehended when he visited the country last November with a group of tourists. He was sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for allegedly trying to overthrow the country, although in a latest news North Korea has revealed that his crime was his plot in trying to convert people into Christians.
Dennis Rodman last visited the country in March, played basketball with the leader and build friendship with the him - something Obama, Park and world leaders alike can only dream to do!
When he returned from the country (he had gone there to make a documentary on basketball, according to sources) he told that Kim Jung-un had a message for Obama. He told the leader wanted Obama to call him because he didn't really want an all-out war (although he repeatedly threatened for a war in a series of threats)
Can this flamboyant former basketball player do what Obama couldn't?
Read More: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/articles/17409/20130511/dennis-rodman-will-go-north-korea-talk.htm
Written By: Gopi Chandra Kharel
International Business Times.
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