Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Rodman serenades North Korean leader for birthday; family of US captive 'outraged'-video

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The sister of an American held captive in North Korea for more than a year said Wednesday she is outraged that Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star who has cozied up to North Korea’s young dictator, is “playing games with my brother’s life.” Rodman on Wednesday led a crowd at a North Korean auditorium in serenading the leader, Kim Jong Un, with “Happy Birthday” at an exhibition game between former NBA players and a North Korean team. A day earlier, in a bizarre, expletive-littered and sometimes incoherent interview with CNN, Rodman came close to suggesting that the American, Kenneth Bae, was responsible for his captivity. Advertise | AdChoices “My family and I are outraged,” Bae’s sister Terri Chung said in a statement. “He is playing games with my brother’s life. There is no diplomacy, only games, and at my brother’s expense.”

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U.S. State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki talks about former NBA star Dennis Rodman's trip to North Korea and his comments about American Kenneth Bae, who is being held in a North Korean prison.

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