A happy event to share? Call "Basketball Diplomacy" Inc.

Following the tradition started last February ("Dennis Rodman in North Korea (live feed)"), here's the live Tweeter feed of The Worm's second coming to DPRK.

By the way: I'm typing this post without my left index, stung by a caterpillar while I was gardening this morning - probably an agent sent by Pyongyang to prevent me from achieving this most vital mission (like Ali, they float like a butterfly, sting like a Bae). Two hours later, the pain has yet to subside.

G2 between #KimJongun and #DennisRodman: rebel hairdo, rebel tattoos, white wine diplomacy pic.twitter.com/OEfOi8ZFrV via @adamcathcart
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#DennisRodman: nothing to declare except cigars and wine from #KimJongun duty free. Couldn't bring #KennethBae (excess bagage). #DPRK
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At least #DennisRodman solved the #Cuba missile crisis (two cigars up in smoke) #DPRK
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#KimJongun-#DennisRodman G2 Summit debriefing, courtesy Dennis - expletive - Rodman http://nyti.ms/167AOLG  #DPRK
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@dennisrodman what? #KimJongun traded to the Los Atomic Leakers? Got an #AirJordan ticket to Chicago for #KennethBae?
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Baby #KimJuae news, a US- #NorthKorea basketball game... next stop for #DennisRodman: Damascus? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/dennis-rodman-north-korea-baby-name …
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A happy event to share? Call #BasketballDiplomacy: .cigars provided by #KimJongun .public birth announcement by #NBA star #DennisRodman
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I'll keep you posted about Rodman's trip to Damascus: I can't wait to learn the name of Bashar's new pet canari, and to hear about the organization of a basketball game between the Cigaro Bulls and the Sarindiana Pacers.

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Dennis Rodman in North Korea (live feed)

The Harlem Globetrotters are in town, and the town is Pyongyang.

According to their official website, "Harlem Globetrotters Make Historic Trip to Bring Smiles and Entertainment to Kids in North Korea ", and indeed, KIM Junior is said to be an avid basketball fan.

Harlem shake v. Gangnam Style? Since it can't get much sillier, here's my 0.3 point shot at the event (on Seoul Village twitter account):

08:56 - More spent nuclear fuel in North Korea: Rodman swimming in Ryugyong Hotel's swimming pool:

09:16 - Dennis "The Worm" Rodman in Pyongyang. To counter cyberattacks from North Korea? 

09:20 - After Google's Schmidt, NBA's Rodman. Kim Jong-un probably shooting a reality TV show: "The Gulag Celebrity" 

18:11 - Basketball diplomacy crisis: no space left on Dennis Rodman for a Kim Jong-un tattoo 

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Just to prove how successful this PR operation is: we're so much absorbed in the show that we hardly hear North Korean artillery drills. According to Yonhap News*, they targeted Seoul, with "shells loaded with concrete". As if Seoul needed more concrete...

At the end of the day, let's hope Kim The Third won't confuse the buzzer with the red button.


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* "N. Korea conducts artillery drills targeting Seoul: source" (Yonhap News)