Kim Jong Un And The Worm: Part Deux

By Julia Gray in News on Sep 4, 2013 6:00PM

Dennis Rodman in March with new BFF Kim Jong Un, from the front page of North Korean newspaper the Rodong Sinmun. (via Shanghaiist)

Turns out that Dennis Rodman can’t stay away from his beloved BFF, Kim Jong-un and his starving, human rights adverse of a nation, North Korea. This time, The Worm isn’t there to rap kimchee, basketball and dongs, he’s there to try to MAYBE/KINDA/SORTA convince the Mini-Kim to let Korean-American and Christian missionary Kenneth Bae out of one of the many shithole prisons that pepper the NK landscape.

However, according to The New York Times, Rodman is all about shooting hoops whilst a fearful, grey-suited crowd watches on. If Bae’s name happens to spew forth from Rodman’s cankered, oozing lips, we’d be surprised if Kim told him to take his tats, piercings and (basket)balls and go home.

Rodman’s prior adventure to North Korea was sponsored and heavily covered and stroked by Vice Media, while an Irish gambling outfit called Paddy Power helms this one.

Yep, we know what you’re thinking too. The Irish? Gambling? Dennis Rodman? A country where the leader kills galpals who do sex tapes? What could possibly go wrong?

We hope Rodman finds Bashir al-Assad worthy of his time too. Now would be a grand time to start a basketball league whilst we bomb the be-jesus outta Syria.

Stay tuned.