FORMER basketball legend Dennis Rodman risked the wrath of Kim Jong-Un during his latest visit.<\/p>\n
Rodman has become a regular in North Korea after becoming a close friend of the Supreme Commander. <\/p>\n
The blossoming buddies apparently bonded over their love of basketball. <\/p>\n
And Rodman headed to Pyongyang for a fifth time this week, but the 56-year-old might not get an invite back. <\/p>\n
As par too his visit, he showed off some of the gifts he was giving to the tubby tyrant's sports minister to cameras. <\/p>\n
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And among the basketball shirts was a copy of Donald Trumps book The Art of the Deal. <\/p>\n
The US President has been vocally critical of Kim Jong-Un and his despotic rule in the secretive state, leading to mounting world tensions. <\/p>\n
Trump has previously vowed to deal with North Korea and has continued to be bullish in his behaviour. <\/p>\n
In response, Kim Jong-Un has ordered a series of missile tests as he looks to create nuclear weapons that could reach the US mainland. <\/p>\n
North Korean news agency KCNA has released images which show another successful missile test inside the secretive state. This is sure to heighten tensions in the already fraught Korean Peninsula <\/p>\n
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks on during a ballistic rocket test-fire <\/p>\n
It has led to many fearing World War Three is an inevitability as neither leader looks to back down. <\/p>\n
Its not clear what Kim Jong-Un made of the present from his pal Rodman, who once serenaded him Happy Birthday. <\/p>\n
Former Chicago Bulls superstar Rodman, who won three championship rings alongside Michael Jordan during the 1990s, has claimed to use previous visits as a way of bridging divides between North Korea and the outside world using basketball diplomacy. <\/p>\n
It comes as US student Otto Warmbier who had been held in North Korea for more than 17 months after being accused of stealing a poster from his hotel room was released. <\/p>\n
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