( CNN ) -- Basketball legend Dennis Rodman arrived in Beijing on Saturday from North Korea without imprisoned American Kenneth Bae . Rodman , who visited North Korea this week , was tight-lipped about his trip . `` It is not my job to talk about Kenneth Bae , '' he told reporters gathered at the Beijing airport . Sporting a silver , shiny cap and a long scarf , the 6-foot-7 inch ( 2.01 meter ) former basketball star broke through the crowd and continued talking . `` Ask Obama about that , ask Hillary Clinton about that , '' Rodman said . `` Ask those -- -holes . '' Other detained Americans . The eccentric Hall of Famer 's trip was the second to the hardline Communist state this year to visit North Korean leader Kim Jong Un . In March , Rodman was pictured with Kim , an ardent basketball fan , laughing and eating while watching an all-star basketball match . He was criticized over the trip , which came amid escalating tension with North Korea threatening missile strikes on the U.S. , South Korea and Japan . Rodman has previously made no secret about his desire to help Bae . He once tweeted that he wanted the 30-year-old unchallenged leader of North Korea to `` do him a solid '' by freeing him . Bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in February after he was convicted of unspecified `` hostile acts '' against North Korea . The country 's state-run Korean Central News Agency said he was arrested late last year after arriving as a tourist in Rason City , a northeastern port near the Chinese border . Opinion : Rodman just a toy for North Korea 's Kim . CNN 's David McKenzie contributed to this report .
Kenneth Bae 's trip was his second to North Korea 's 15 years . `` It is not my job to talk about Rodman , '' he tells reporters . Bae , an Communist , was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in February .