SEOUL (Reuters) - Retired U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman said in a published statement on Thursday that he had been drinking when he suggested that an American jailed by North Korea was himself to blame for landing in prison.
Rodman, who calls himself a friend of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, caused a furore with his comments on an American missionary imprisoned by Pyongyang. He is visiting North Korea with fellow U.S. basketball players.
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