A private delegation, including Google's Eric schmidt is urging north Korea to allow more open Internet access and mobile phone, in order to be helpful for its citizens, mission leader said on Wednesday in the country, some is the world's strict control of the information.
Former new Mexico governor bill Richardson said, his nine members of the group called on north Korea to suspend missile and nuclear, prompted the United Nations sanctions, the delegation for justice and humanitarian treatment, detained citizens of the United States. The Associated Press in Pyongyang's exclusive interview, he said.
The visit was criticized for appear hijack U.S. diplomatic and promote Pyongyang north Korea's latest, widely condemned rocket launch of personal data. Richardson said, the delegation is in a private, humanitarian trip.
Headquartered in the United States the Internet giant Google's executive chairman, schmidt, is the most striking the competent business visit north Korea's leader JinZhengYun stage, since a year ago.
Although schmidt often and governments around the world on behalf of the official Google, he doesn't have the needs of the company, make the trip.
Schmidt has publicly said that he hoped to get his visit to north Korea. However, he has been a voice supporters of Internet freedom and openness, published a book, in April JiaLiDe · Cohen, the competent company Google concept of tanks, the power of global connectivity in change people's lives, policies and political.
Cohen don't usually accompany schmidt in Google approved travel, two men may be a sign that the main interest is in their books collection more material.
Last Wednesday, schmidt visit central Pyongyang is north Korea's own computer industry center of brick structures in the cold dormitory. He asked sharp questions to the north's new tablet PC operating system and red star, he briefly put on the 3 - D goggles north Korean computer center visit.
Even if the schmidt Google in north Korea's official representative, the company benefit, if the country's leaders are to relax the restrictions of the Internet.
For many years, California Mountain View, the company push more accessible and affordable Internet connection and surf the Internet under the premise of equipment, the business will eventually make more money, if people spend more time on the Internet.
In addition to is one of the world's most dominant search engine, Google also provides a variety of one of the most popular destination on the Internet other service. More Internet flow into more sales opportunities of digital advertising, which accounts for most, the more than fifty yuan $annual income.
Richardson told the Associated Press, and his delegation to bring more open will be good for north Korea's news. In much of the country has never log on to the Internet, autocratic government strictly limit access to the world wide web.
"North Korea (north Korea) citizens and more mobile phones and an active Internet will be ok. This is... we give all kinds of foreign policy officials news, scientists and government officials, Richardson said.
Four days of stroke, starting from Monday, occurs in a delicate moment, the United States and the north Korean relations. Less than a month ago, north Korea shooting satellite into space of long-range rocket launch, widely in Pyongyang to celebrate, but accused Washington and other prohibited missile technology test.
The U.S. state department criticized as "useless" in the United States, is condensed support security council action of stroke. Schmidt suggest Obama President in his 2008 campaign, and was once considered as a potential candidate, a cabinet-level appointed. Schmidt has repeatedly said that he has no plans to leave Google's government work.
The U.S. state department spokesman Peter velasco from Washington, says he does not believe that the delegation and U.S. officials contact, because they arrived in Pyongyang.
However, Richardson said, delegation has urged north Korea to suspend missile and nuclear test.
In 2006 and 2009, the north Korea nuclear test follow a similar emission. Pyongyang is considered to be master technology, will allow it to install a nuclear device, can attack America's long-range rocket.
Richardson also said the delegation is by the United States, Kenneth pei for "justice and humane treatment", now in north Korea for suspected of "hostile" behavior for the country's custody.
The team also urged the government officials and scientists to provide more mobile phones and the Internet of the north Korean people, "he said.
North Korea to the strict control of its population for 240000, because it is by Kim jong il was founded in 1948, including strict regulations and outside interactive information, closely monitoring the flow.
But as the Asian economies little curled up in the isolation, look to the government for around its economy in recent years through careful and cautious in contact with foreign - primarily with neighboring China and southeast Asian Allies - for help.
The young north Korean leader Kim jong il JinZhengYun, a year ago, his father died, Kim jong il, improve economic stage in 2013 the focus of national policy, and called on the people, in order to enlarge their knowledge of science and technology, in order to achieve this goal.
Through the snow capital, the new publicity logo and slogan reiterate that these goals, advised people to "break through advanced" and "back" of the spirit, December 12, space launch the forefront of science and technology.
In a few short years the number of mobile subscriptions has already more than 150 million, from Egypt Orascom telecom giants, it provides a 3 g mobile service help.
However, provide the open Internet access has been no part of the strategy. Experts say north Korea in the world at least one of the connection.
Although global broadband Internet is in north Korea, there is little authority login to the world wide web. With the computer and Internet access is usually limited to domestic Intranet site filtering information and publications to provide north Korea.
On Tuesday, schmidt, Richardson and their delegation in Pyongyang's elite Kim il sung university students have permission to access the global Internet chat the purpose of the research.
On Wednesday, visited the library in Pyongyang grand people's study house, locals still in winter coat are all squeezed in well ventilated, no heating hall computer Intranet access library archive books, documents and newspapers.
Then, the delegation visited the multilevel computer center north Korea, north Korea's software and computer product development hub, in there from Mr Kim's offer read: "now is the era of science and technology. It is the computer
 



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