SEOUL (Reuters) - Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman visited a North Korean ski resort on Thursday with dictator Kim Jong Un as a statement was issued on the former player's behalf apologising for comments he made about an American jailed by Pyongyang.
A source with direct knowledge of Rodman's itinerary said the 52-year-old took a helicopter to a new multimillion-dollar resort which is one of Kim's showcase projects and which has been condemned as a waste of money in a country where most people are malnourished.
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