Dennis Rodman leads a `` Happy Birthday '' singalong with crowds at a Pyongyang stadium . His `` basketball diplomacy '' team loses to North Korean squad , state media reports . `` It was , as you might imagine , a bizarre and unusual occasion , '' a tour leader says . Wednesday 's match took place at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium , according to Cokerell , whose company stages tours for Western visitors to North Korea . The trip is part of Rodman's efforts to promote his new movie about the former NBA star who defected from South Korea in 2008 after being imprisoned for 18 months on charges that he tried to overthrow the government
Dennis Rodman leads a `` Happy Birthday '' singalong with crowds at a Pyongyang stadium . His `` basketball diplomacy '' team loses to North Korean squad , state media reports . `` It was , as you might imagine , a bizarre and unusual occasion , '' a tour leader says . The trip is part of Rodman's efforts to promote his new movie about the former NBA star who defected from South Korea in 2008 after being imprisoned for 18 months on charges that he tried to overthrow the government