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Kenneth Bae, the American sentenced to hard labor in North Korea for supposed hostile acts against the state, headed off to prison on Wednesday, the start of his 15-year term.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman said he's headed back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.

Ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman made a street plea to North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, about the release of a Korean-American that's been sentenced and jailed: "Do me a solid."

North Korea's dictator isn't a bad guy — he "just wants to be loved," said former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman, who vowed to return to the nation on Aug. 1.

With much ado and lots of press, Dennis Rodman recently journeyed to North Korea and spent time with the nation's saber-rattling dictator Kim Jong-un.

The U.S. has for decades tried diplomacy to deal with North Korea, and Sen. John McCain is fed up with it.
It is comforting to know that our negotiations with North Korea have been turned over to the "highest-profile American to ever meet with Kim Jong Un": former NBA star Dennis Rodman ("Dennis Rodman: N. Korea's Kim Jong-un is 'just a great guy,' wants Obama to call him," Web, March 3).

Former Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal appeared on CBS "This Morning" Tuesday and had some tough criticism for his formal rival Dennis Rodman.

NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman has became the nation's de facto ambassador to North Korea.

Here's a recap, or wrap, on the week that was from The Washington Times

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has a new friend: North Korea's newest dictator, Kim Jong-un.
"Hello world from comms center in (hash)Pyongyang."
"Hello world from comms center in (hash)Pyongyang."
The criticism of Dr. Drew Pinsky spread on the Internet almost as quickly as news of Mindy McCready's death.

Country star and Celebrity Rehab participant Mindy McCready's death has sparked outrage among show watchers, who count the singer's Sunday death the fifth for the production — and the third from Season 3 alone.
"I'll be back over there," Mr. Rodman said, in a Friday interview with TMZ. "I'm going to try to get the guy out."
Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea to plead for American's freedom →
"It's going to be difficult because I think his nationality, because of his background, I think it's a whole different situation," Mr. Rodman said, speaking to Mr. Bae's Korean-American ethnic background, in the TMZ report. "[But] I don't do politics. Like I said, he's my friend, that's it."
Dennis Rodman heads to North Korea to plead for American's freedom →