Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman shakes hands with North Korea's Sports Ministry Vice Minister Son Kwang Ho upon his arrival at the international airport in Pyongyang Jamie Benn Jersey , North Korea, Monday, Jan 6, 2014. Rodman took a team of former NBA players on a trip for an exhibition game on Kim Jong Un's birthday, Wednesday, Jan 8. [Photoicpress] Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman, second right, walks with North Korea's Sports Ministry Vice Minister Son Kwang Ho, third right, upon his arrival at the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Jan 6, 2014. Rodman took a team of former NBA players on a trip for an exhibition game on Kim Jong Un's birthday, Wednesday, Jan 8. [Photoicpress] Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman, second right, walks with North Korea's Sports Ministry Vice Minister Son Kwang Ho, third right, upon his arrival at the international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Jan 6, 2014. Rodman took a team of former NBA players on a trip for an exhibition game on Kim Jong Un's birthday, Wednesday, Jan 8. [Photoicpress]
Dennis Rodman arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday with a team of former NBA players for an exhibition game on Kim Jong-un's birthday.
The flamboyant Hall of Famer arrived in the DPRK capital from Beijing with a squad of a dozen former basketball stars including Vin Baker and Cliff Robinson in what Rodman calls "basketball diplomacy", although US officials have criticized his efforts.
"It's about trying to connect two countries together in the world," Rodman said in an interview outside his Beijing hotel before his flight to the DPRK.
"People say so many negative things about the DPRK. And I want people in the world to see it's not that bad."
The United States is at odds with the DPRK over the latter's nuclear weapons program.
The US players are to compete in an exhibition game against a DPRK team on Wednesday, Kim's birthday.
Rodman said he hoped the match could "open the doors" to "talk about certain things".
"But I am not going to sit there and go 'Hey guy, you are doing the wrong thing. That is not the right way to do it. He is my friend first ... and I love him," Rodman said, sprinkling his comments with expletives.
The heavily tattooed Rodman has developed an unlikely relationship with the DPRK leader since making his first trip there in February, when he declared Kim a "friend for life".
The young Kim, who was educated in Switzerland, is reported to be a keen basketball fan and especially of the Chicago Bulls, for whom Rodman played a key role in winning three NBA titles alongside Michael Jordan in the 1990s.
Last month Kim had his uncle and former mentor Jang Song-thaek executed. "I am not worried about his uncle," Rodman said in Beijing in response to questions.
Rodman routinely distances himself from political events in the country.
The player known as "The Worm" is one of the few Westerners to have met Kim, who took over following the death of his father Kim Jong-il.
"Somehow we have to get along, and no matter what disagreements or what discrepancy we have in life," Rodman said. "It's like saying: Why do we have the Olympics? When everyone comes together in the Olympics, there's no problems. That's what I'm doing. That's all I'm doing."
(Agencies)
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PRAGUE， Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Zlin Regional Court in Brno， the Czech Republic， held a trial on Monday over a Czech HIV-infected man accused of knowingly spreading the virus to at least two men.
If found guilty， he will be sentenced up to 12 years in prison.
According to the case， the man is accused of transmitting the HIV virus to two people without prior disclosing of his HIV positive status.
The defendant refused to admit guilty. The accused has been HIV positive since 2005.
The presiding judge of the court said that such cases should be strictly monitored in the Czech Republic as it can bring serious harm to the population.
The dates for next hearing and final judgment have not been decided.
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