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Former NBA star Dennis Rodman is tapping his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to ask for the release of a Korean-American man sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the North."I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him 'Kim', to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose," Rodman said on Twitter. He later called the tweet a direct response to a Seattle Times editorial that dared him to ask Kim for the release if the two are really buddies.Rodman visited North Korea in February and sat next to Kim as they watched an exhibition basketball game. His trip came at a time of high tension between Pyongyang and Washington and was not endorsed by the U.S. State Department.Bae is a tour operator who was arrested in North Korea in November. The North's Supreme Court sentenced him last week for unspecified "hostile acts" against the state. In a Foreign Ministry statement on Sunday, North Korea said the 44-year-old Washington state man entered the country with a d...
There's speculation she could be his sister, wife or lover, or possibly even the daughter of a mistress of the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.A mystery woman s...
Hundreds of soldiers danced in Pyongyang's plazas after North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un was named marshal, a title cementing his status atop the author...
The mystery woman beside young leader Kim Jong Un at recent public events is indeed his wife, North Korea has confirmed, ending weeks of speculation and offering a n...
Seven months ago, he was the guardian figure always at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's side, a top military official whose experience and position lent the young n...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been granted the title of marshal, state media reported Wednesday, cementing his status as the authoritarian nation's top militar...
A mysterious young woman appearing at the side of North Korea's new leader is the subject of speculation she could be Kim Jong Un's younger sister or even wife, but ...
Fresh off the heels of his controversial meeting with Kim Jong Un, former basketball star Dennis Rodman says he will return to North Korea in August to "vacation" wi...
North Korea on Sunday aired footage showing the uncle and key patron of anointed heir Kim Jong Un wearing a military uniform with a general's insignia -- a strong si...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered troops along the heavily armed border with rival South Korea to be on high alert during a visit to the Demilitarized Zone, st...
North Korea's state media on Monday called Kim Jong Il's heir the head of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, which would give Kim Jong Un power over one of...
Former NBA star asks North Korean leader to free Kenneth Bae
NKorea leader Kim Jong Un named "first chairman" of top state organ; Kim Jong Il eternal chair.
A former North Korean military lieutenant who defected to China says there were deep tensions in the Korean People's Army before Kim Jong-un's takeover.The alleged s...
There's a new Kim in town.South Korea ended months of speculation by verifying that the wife of North Korea's dynastic dictator Kim Jong Un secretly gave birth late ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un dispatched a high-profile official and close confidant to China on Wednesday as Beijing faces pressure to rein in its belligerent nei...
In this episode of Break Time: pole dancing teachers, Kim Jong Un's 'Grease' past, and how not to pay for a vacation
In this episode of Break Time: pole dancing teachers, Kim Jong Un's 'Grease' past, and how not to pay for a vacation
North Korea's increasing hostility toward the rest of the world doesn't seem to faze dictator Kim Jong Un's newest best friend Dennis Rodman, who reiterated his plan...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday called for improving the economy and living standards of his impoverished nation with the same urgency that scientists sho...