Rodman’s first visit to Pyongyang was in early 2013 and courtesy of Vice Media, which filmed the athlete’s trip to the authoritarian state to watch an exhibition basketball game featuring three Harlem Globetrotters. The event was branded “basketball diplomacy.” (Apparently, Kim is a big fan of the ’90s Chicago Bulls, for whom Rodman played three seasons.)
In May 2013, Rodman publicly asked “the Supreme Leader of North Korea” to do him “a solid” and “cut Kenneth Bae loose.” Bae, a Korean American Christian missionary who was detained after crossing the border in 2012, had been sentenced to 15 years at hard labor.
- from "A Brief Guide to Dennis Rodman's Long Weird History With North Korea," Washington Post, June 12, 2018
How did Dennis Rodman affect foreign policy?
Responses
A He planned a game in North Korea to gain access to and influencing the North Korean leader.He planned a game in North Korea to gain access to and influencing the North Korean leader.
B He was sent by Barack Obama as a formal diplomat to gain access to and influencing the North Korean leader.He was sent by Barack Obama as a formal diplomat to gain access to and influencing the North Korean leader.
C He has tremendous wealth and use hies money to gain access to and influence the North Korean leader.He has tremendous wealth and use hies money to gain access to and influence the North Korean leader.
D He used his celebrity status to gain access and influence the North Korean leader.
