News Home  Dennis Rodman lands in North Korea for basketball on
Kim Jong-un's birthday  Dennis Rodman checks in for flight to
North Korea.  Dennis Rodman mocked critics of his trip to
Pyongyang for a basketball match.  AFP: Wang Zhao  Former NBA
basketball star Dennis Rodman has arrived in North Korea with a
team of retired professional basketball players to mark the
birthday of the country's leader Kim Jong-un.  This marks
Rodman's fourth trip to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang,
where he and his team of fellow former National Basketball
Association (NBA) stars will hold basketball games on Mr Kim's
birthday, which is believed to fall on Wednesday, although it
has never been officially confirmed.  On previous visits, Rodman
spent time dining as a guest of Mr Kim, with whom he says he has
a genuine friendship, though he did not meet Mr Kim on his third
trip.  Rodman, however, said he will not interfere in the
country's politics.  "People always say that North Korea is like
a really communist country, that