Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in Pyongyang Thursday on a third visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Rodman, accompanied by a documentary crew, is expected to help train the country's national basketball team for a Jan. 8 exhibition game in Pyongyang marking the birthday of DPRK's top leader Kim Jong Un.

The five-day trip was organized by Irish bookmakers Paddy Power.

"We will talk about the schedule in detail while meeting Rodman in person. A city tour may also be chosen by him," a Sports Ministry source told Xinhua at the airport.

The source confirmed that the ministry will also make a detailed plan on the exhibition game between the DPRK basketball team and ex-NBA players.

Foreign correspondents in Pyongyang were not allowed to go into the airport, and Rodman left the airport through a "guest channel" without giving any interview.

Rodman told reporters in Beijing that he hoped to have a "good conversation" with Kim, whom he described a "friend of life."

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