North Korea (AP) -- Google chairman want first-hand look at north Korea's economic and social media in his private visit Monday to communist country, and his delegation said, although in Washington's travel time doubts.
Executive chairman Eric schmidt (Eric Sc hmidt), is the world's largest Internet companies is one of America's most compelling execution visit north Korea - online a restrictive policy country - youth leader on JinZhengYun since a year ago. His visit caused criticism, because it is a controversial north Korea's rocket launch after only a few weeks; From the state department also prompted speculation businessman what hope to achieve.
Schmidt arrived in the new Mexico governor bill Richardson, travel more than half a dozen times, north Korea in the past twenty years, China's commercial aviation flight.
Richardson, leading flight from Beijing, is called the line 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.
U.S. officials criticized the four-day visit. North Korea on December 12th launched a long-range rocket satellite into space. Washington condemned, think this is a test ballistic missile technology, violation of the United Nations security council resolutions banning north Korean development the introduction of 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 visit, Richardson will try to discuss detained American citizens held in Pyongyang donation, members of the delegation told the Associated Press. They asked not to be named, he said this is a private visit.
"We want to inquires the state, see if we can see him, maybe he laid the foundation to go home," said Mr Richardson, the United States citizens. "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."
This visit a few days ago, gold, who, after power on December 17, 2011, the death of his father, Kim jong il, north Korea's policy goal, has made a series of 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.
North Korea's economy has been left out for decades, especially in the collapse of the Soviet union, this is since the 1940 s provided the country's economic safety net. North Korea rely on outside help, it has very little arable land, feed its own people in the 1990 s since the famine.
In recent years, north Korea's purpose is to modern farm and digital factory. Farmers told the Associated Press, the management policy of reorganization, provided for workers reward, encourages the production.
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 supervision and became a global Internet giant Google's expansion, he often surf the Internet and technology, provide the importance of people from all over the world.
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