Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman attracts notice as he enters the Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Thursday, December 19. In his latest round of "basketball diplomacy," Rodman is making his third visit to North Korea, one of the world's most repressive regimes.
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(CNN) -- Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Thursday, the country's state-run media reported.
Rodman was there for his latest round of controversial "basketball diplomacy" in a country ruled by one of the world's most repressive regimes.
The former player and a documentary crew were scheduled to spend four days helping to train a team of North Korean basketball players for a January exhibition in Pyongyang.
That January 8 exhibition -- said to be against a yet-unannounced team of former NBA players -- will celebrate the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, whom Rodman has called a friend and a "very good guy" despite international condemnation of the country's human rights records.
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