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Dennis Rodman to visit North Korea, source confirms

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman will return to North Korea for unknown reasons
Chad O'Carroll June 12, 2017
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Dennis Rodman is currently in Beijing and will take Tuesday’s 13.00 Air Koryo flight to Pyongyang, a source confirmed to NK News, though no details about the purpose of his trip have yet been revealed.

The news, which was originally broken by U.S. network CNN after he was spotted at Beijing airport, means the basketballer will be making what is, at least, his fifth trip to the DPRK.

Two North Korean officials further confirmed to CNN host Will Ripley, currently in Pyongyang, that Rodman would be arriving sometime Tuesday.

When spotted at Beijing airport, CNN said that Rodman declined to

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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