‘Headed to North Korea for fun, not politics’
20 Dec 2013 6:21 AM IST
Rodman has visited Pyongyang twice before, spending time dining as a guest of Kim, with whom he says he has a genuine friendship.
His latest visit follows the rare public purge of Kim’s powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek, who was executed last week.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has described recent events as a ‘reign of terror’. The purging of Jang, considered the second most powerful man in the North, indicated factionalism within the secretive Pyongyang government.
‘It has nothing to do with me. I mean, whatever his uncle has done, and whoever’s done anything in North Korea, I have no control over that. I mean, these things have been going on for years and years and years,’ Rodman told Reuters at his hotel in Beijing on Thursday before he left for the airport.
His latest visit follows the rare public purge of Kim’s powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek, who was executed last week.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has described recent events as a ‘reign of terror’. The purging of Jang, considered the second most powerful man in the North, indicated factionalism within the secretive Pyongyang government.
‘It has nothing to do with me. I mean, whatever his uncle has done, and whoever’s done anything in North Korea, I have no control over that. I mean, these things have been going on for years and years and years,’ Rodman told Reuters at his hotel in Beijing on Thursday before he left for the airport.
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