SEOUL: Former NBA star Dennis Rodman apologized on Thursday for his televised outburst about a US missionary detained in North Korea, explaining that he had been stressed and drinking at the time.

Rodman was roundly criticized for his angry tirade in an interview with CNN, in which he appeared to suggest that the missionary, Kenneth Bae, had merited the prison sentence of 15 years handed down last year.

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