Dennis Rodman begins sightseeing in NKorea

Dennis Rodman's visit to North Korea has been uncharacteristically low-key so far. On the agenda? Bowling and a visit to the zoo. The former NBA player met a women's basketball team at a gym Wednesday and visited the birthplace of North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. There was no clear sign that he would meet leader Kim Jong Un, as he did on previous visits to the country.His four past trips in 2013 and 2014 generated a storm of publicity and did little in terms of diplomacy. U.S. and North Korean officials say Rodman had nothing to do with the release Tuesday of imprisoned American student Otto Warmbier. Former NBA star Dennis Rodman visits the Sci-Tech Complex on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman who has palled around with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, began sightseeing in Pyongyang on Wednesday during a trip he said he hoped would "open a door" for his former "Celebrity Apprentice" boss - President Donald Trump. [Photo: AP/Kim Kwang Hyon]

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, center right, talks to North Korea's Pothonggang womens basketball team during his visit to Chongjong Street basketball gymnasium on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman began sightseeing in Pyongyang on Wednesday during a trip he said he hoped would "open a door" for his former "Celebrity Apprentice" boss, President Donald Trump. [Photo: AP/Kim Kwang Hyon]

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, left, towers over North Korean children during his visit to Mangyongdae, the birth place of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung on Wednesday, June 14, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Rodman's current trip is his first since Trump became president. He told reporters in Beijing, as he departed for Pyongyang, that he hopes his trip will "open a door" for Trump. [Photo: AP/Kim Kwang Hyon]