
“Korean-American Kenneth Bae, 44, has been held prisoner in the North since November, and Rodman had said last week that he might seek the man’s release. But speaking to reporters at Beijing airport en route to the North Korean capital, Rodman said ‘I haven’t been promised anything’ on Bae. ‘I’m just going to meet my friend Kim the marshal to start a new basketball league going,’ Rodman said. ‘I’m just trying to keep the communication job going.’ North Korea, which bans religious proselytising, said Bae was a Christian evangelist who brought in ‘inflammatory’ material.”
Related posts:
U.S. Probes Treasuries Niche That Investors Claim Is Rigged by Big Banks
The Middle East, explained in one (sort of terrifying) chart
Icelandic capital controls to remain until 2015: central bank
Venezuelans blocked from taking flights out by capital controls
Why So Many Swiss Binationals Are Giving Up U.S. Citizenship
Vietnam says bitcoin transactions are illegal
Lawmakers, aides may get Obamacare exemption
Romney Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company That Could Decide The Election Causing Conce...
Top Chinese official warn of 'empty cities' emerging in China
Former No. 2 at CFPB, Raj Date, Joins Board of Bitcoin Company
Police Fatally Shoot Okla. Man While Forcibly Rescuing Him From Flood
Unlocked iPhones Are Hard Currency in Brazil, Italy, Other Countries
Monsanto unapproved GMO wheat was in Colorado government storage facility until 2011
Online Casinos Hobbled as Credit-Card Issuers Reject Bets
Ukraine Pledges to Protect Bank Deposits as Kiev Rally Called