3/7 Schauen bei einem weiteren Besuch zusammen ein Basketballspiel: Kim Jong-un (links) und Dennis Rodman. (9. Januar 2014)

4/7 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C), his wife Ri Sol-Ju (L) and former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman (R) talk in Pyongyang in this undated picture released by North Korea's KCNA news agency on March 1, 2013. KCNA reported that a mixed basketball game of visiting U.S. basketball players and North Korean players was held at Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium in Pyongyang on February 28, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY BASKETBALL) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. QUALITY FROM SOURCE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS - RTR3EF7R

5/7 Dennis Rodman, Kim Jong-un und weitere frühere NBA-Spieler in Pyongyang. (8. Januar 2014)

6/7 Beste Freunde? Rodman und Jong-un auf Fotos vom 7. September 2013.

7/7 Dennis Rodman sang bei seinem letzten Besuch in Nordkorea sogar ein Geburtstagsständchen für Kim Jong-un. (8. Januar 2014)