FORMER basketball legend Dennis Rodman risked the wrath of Kim Jong-Un during his latest visit.

Rodman has become a regular in North Korea after becoming a close friend of the Supreme Commander.

The blossoming buddies apparently bonded over their love of basketball.

And Rodman headed to Pyongyang for a fifth time this week, but the 56-year-old might not get an invite back.

As par too his visit, he showed off some of the gifts he was giving to the tubby tyrant's sports minister to cameras.

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And among the basketball shirts was a copy of Donald Trumps book The Art of the Deal.

The US President has been vocally critical of Kim Jong-Un and his despotic rule in the secretive state, leading to mounting world tensions.

Trump has previously vowed to deal with North Korea and has continued to be bullish in his behaviour.

In response, Kim Jong-Un has ordered a series of missile tests as he looks to create nuclear weapons that could reach the US mainland.

North Korean news agency KCNA has released images which show another successful missile test inside the secretive state. This is sure to heighten tensions in the already fraught Korean Peninsula

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un looks on during a ballistic rocket test-fire

It has led to many fearing World War Three is an inevitability as neither leader looks to back down.

Its not clear what Kim Jong-Un made of the present from his pal Rodman, who once serenaded him Happy Birthday.

Former Chicago Bulls superstar Rodman, who won three championship rings alongside Michael Jordan during the 1990s, has claimed to use previous visits as a way of bridging divides between North Korea and the outside world using basketball diplomacy.

It comes as US student Otto Warmbier who had been held in North Korea for more than 17 months after being accused of stealing a poster from his hotel room was released.

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