Headquartered in the United States Google, is the world's largest Internet companies, one of the standing President Monday to north Korea, a country a restrictive online policy.
Eric schmidt (Eric Sc hmidt), the most conspicuous American enterprise implementation of young leaders visit to north Korea on JinZhengYun since a year ago, in Beijing, take the China international airlines flight business plan departed for Pyongyang.
Under the leadership of the delegation is a former new Mexico governor bill Richardson, more than half a dozen times, north Korea in the past twenty years traveled. Kieran Richardson has done a private, humanitarian mission.
"Richardson said:" this is Google trip, but I'm sure, he is interested in some economic, social media. So, that is why we together, did not elaborate on what he meant "social media.
He said: "we will meet with north Korea's political leaders. We will meet with north Korea economic leaders, military. We go to visit some university. We don't control access, they will let us know, when we arrived the schedule is what's in there," he said.
Richardson also said the delegation plans to inquire about a American South Korea in north Korea detained citizens of the United States.
, "Richardson said:" we want to query condition, see if we can see him, maybe he laid the foundation to go home. "I heard that his son live in Washington state, and he asked me to take him back, and I doubt this we can do this."
Four-day visit, it happened a few weeks later, north Korea launched a satellite into space use long-range rockets, cause the United States officials criticism. Washington condemned on December 12, launch, think this is a test ballistic missile technology, violation of the United Nations security council resolutions banning north Korean develop its nuclear and missile programs. The security council considering whether to take further action.
"We don't think this visit time is helpful, and our opinions, they clearly know, a spokesman for the U.S. state department Victoria's LAN told reporters last week.
This travel plan before, north Korea announced plans to send a satellite into space, two personal knowledge delegation plan told the Associated Press. AP BaoDaoZu plan for the first time last Thursday. Schmidt, Internet connectivity and staunch supporters of the open, is expected to donations, during the visit, the delegation members told the Associated Press. They do not wish to be named, speech, he said that they were not authorized to the media about the delegation of the plan.
This visit is the first by Google executives to north Korea and gold, who on December 17, 2011, his father, Kim jong il's death, enacted a series of policy goal, north Korea in a few days ago, a long New Year message. He pointed out that, enlarge the science and technology as a means to improve the country's economy, the 2013 important goal.
The use of computers and mobile phones to look up, in north Korea's larger cities.
However, most koreans can only access to domestic Intranet system, rather than the world wide web. For Korean speaking, the use of the Internet is still strict control, only allow approval.
Schmidt, who is responsible for Google's expansion to become a global giants, he often people from all over the world to provide Internet access and the importance of technology.
Google currently has offices in more than forty countries, including all three north Korea's neighbors, Russia, South Korea and China, other countries criticism system Internet censorship.
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