Dennis Rodman in North Korea: His On a Mission.

NBA Hall of Fame member Dennis Rodman is in North Korea.

Rodman, along with three current members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, are apparently filming a TV show for a US media company.

The company said they hope engage in some "basketball diplomacy."

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, who just oversaw the country's recent nuclear test, is known to be a big basketball fan. So ... can't hurt, we suppose?

Shane Smith, the founder of U.S. media company Vice, says:

"Is sending members of the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] strange? In a word, yes."

"But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing.

"These channels of cultural communication might appear untraditional, and perhaps they are, but we think it's important just to keep the lines open."

As the delegation arrived at Pyongyang's airport, Rodman said:

''It's my first time, I think it's most of these guys' first time here, so hopefully everything's going to be OK, and hoping the kids have a good time for the game."

Rodman, a Hall of Fame member, is as famous for his tattoos, piercings and cross-dressing as he is for his rebounding titles and five NBA championships.

He used to play for the Chicago Bulls, which, according to a memoir by Kim Jong-un's former sushi chef, was his favorite team as a young man.

Rodman and his group will be in the country until March 5.