Dennis Rodman visits North Korea AGAIN after claims Kim Jong Un executed his ex-girlfriend... but have his censors airbrushed an interpreter out of photos to make their beloved leader look better?
By REUTERS REPORTER
Dennis Rodman has embarked on another visit to North Korea, meeting
dictator Kim Jong Un despite growing reports of a string of state
executions in the secretive state.
The former basketball star returned to Beijing from a 'diplomacy visit'
last night, amid reports that Kim had ordered the machine-gun execution
of his former singer lover, Hyon Song-wol and 12 other entertainers on
August 20 for appearing in an 'sex tape'
Some of the musicians were also reported to have had Bibles, which are
banned in North Korea, when they were detained and all were treated as
political dissidents.
But there were doubts surrounding the images of his trip supplied by the
North Korean propoganda machine as one featuring a disembodied hand
appeared to be photoshopped.
It suggests that the hand of state censors may have been involved in
altering the images, and the trip may not be all it seems.Some observers
suggested an interpreter had been removed from a shot to make Kim Jong
Un look better.
Whose hand is that? Rodman and Kim Jong Un - and a mysterious (possibly photoshopped?) third hand - in North Korea
Crocs? Really? Rodman says he doesn't plan to discuss imprisoned
American Kenneth BaeCrocs? Really? Rodman says he doesn't plan to
discuss imprisoned American Kenneth Bae
Business: Kim and Rodman had a 'cordial talk.' It's unclear whether it was about imprisoned American Kenneth Bae
Rodman's visit came after North Korea abruptly withdrew its invitation
to Robert King, U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issue,
who was expected to head to Pyongyang in a bid to secure the release
American missionary Kenneth Bae.
Bae, 45, was sentenced to hard labor for 15 years in May for crimes
against the state. He had been arrested in November after entering the
North with a tour group and his health has been deteriorating since he
was imprisoned. Read dailymail.co.uk
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