Rodman has been visiting North Korea since Tuesday, his latest trip to the isolated state. Rodman met North Korean Olympic athletes, including judo gold medalist An Kum Ae, reported the AP, which has a bureau in North Korea's capital of Pyongyang. "But for you guys to come back here in your country, with a medal, that says a lot about North Korea, because people don’t really take North Korea so seriously about sports or anything like that." Tension has escalated on the Korean peninsula over North Korea's nuclear and missile tests since last year. North Korea has vowed to develop a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the U.S. mainland.

Source: The Star June 15, 2017 11:48 UTC