BEIJING: Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman emerged from four days in North Korea on Friday, calling the leader of the reclusive country “an awesome kid”.
Rodman, known for his tattoos, body pierc§ings and flamboyance, was in North Korea to film a sports documentary, and watched a basketball game alongside the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Kim “is like his grandfather and his father, who are great leaders, he is an awesome kid, very honest and loves his wife so much”, Rodman told the Chinese government news agency Xinhua before leaving the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, on Friday.
Kim, 30, is the grandson of Kim Il-sung, who founded N. Korea, and the son of Kim Jong-il. Both ruled the country with an iron fist. At Thursday’s basketball game, Rodman and Kim laughed and conversed in English, and later had an “amicable” dinner, Xinhua quoted the former Chicago Bulls player as saying. Kim attended secondary school in Switzerland, but his language abilities remain a mystery.
Dennis Rodman calls N. Korean leader ‘an awesome kid’
