Former Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea Tuesday and hopes to meet Kim Jong Un, at a time when President Trump is said to be trying to set up a secret channel to North Korea. Rodman has met Kim on previous trips to North Korea, serenading him from the basketball court and even holding his baby daughter. The NBA hall of famer, who is 56, had discussed his trips to North Korea with Trump before the businessman was elected president, according to associates of Rodman. “I heard that the North Korean Foreign Ministry had a desire for a visit by him to reduce tensions with the United States. On one of his trips to North Korea, in January 2014, Rodman took a group of retired NBA stars to Pyongyang for what one of them called “basketball diplomacy” with North Korean players.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 02:14 UTC