Un match de basket d’anciens de la NBA en cadeau d’anniversaire à Kim Jong-Un
Rodman Leading Team of Improbable Emissaries - NYTimes.com
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The Americans are scheduled to play against a North Korean team on Wednesday in a game that Rodman has described as a “birthday present” for Kim, whose birthday is reportedly Jan. 8, 1983. Rodman is 52. Most of the spectators are expected to be members of North Korea’s elite, as well as foreigners willing to pay $8,500 for a four-day tour of the country that includes tickets to the exhibition game. As with many things involving North Korea, it was unclear how widely the event was being publicized.
The game was Kim’s idea, according to officials at Paddy Power, the Irish online betting company that originally sponsored the trip but withdrew last month amid a storm of negative publicity that arose after Kim executed his uncle, and presumed mentor, on charges of sedition.