Eccentric U.S. basketball legend Dennis Rodman met Kim Jong Un at a basketball game in North Korea today, news reports from Pyongyang said this morning.

“Kim Jong Un and U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) retiree Dennis Rodman sat side by side and watched a basketball game”, said a translated Xinhua news report.

Rodman said after the game, “Although relations between the two countries are regrettable, personally I am a friend of Marshal Kim Jong Un and the DPRK people.”

According to Xinhua, during the match, Rodman, who wore dark glasses and a hat, sat to the left of Kim Jong