Former NBA basketball player Dennis Rodman speaks to the media after returning from his trip to North Korea at Beijing airport, December 23, 2013. REUTERS/Jason Lee
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has withdrawn its sponsorship of retired U.S. basketball player Dennis Rodman's visits to North Korea, saying it was a result of general condemnation of Pyongyang.
Rodman returned on Monday from a four-day trip to isolated North Korea that was arranged by Paddy Power and followed the rare public purge of leader Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle Jang Song Thaek, who was executed this month.
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