Google chief pleads for free web access in Pyongyang
(01-10 11:17)
A private delegation including Google's Eric Schmidt, has urged North Korea to allow more open internet access and mobile phones to benefit its citizens, the mission's leader said in the country with some of the world's tightest controls on information.
Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson also said his nine-member group called on North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests that have prompted UN sanctions, RTHK reports.
Before departing, he told reporters his trip had been productive and successful.
"We enjoyed our trip to the DPRK, especially with the North Korean people, and we had a good opportunity to talk about expanding the internet and cell phones in the DPRK," Richardson said at Pyongyang airport.
Richardson has said the delegation was on a private, humanitarian trip.
Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, is the most high-profile American business executive to visit North Korea since leader Kim Jong Un took power a year ago.
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