Google executive Eric Schmidt heads to North Korea

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Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has headed to North Korea with Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico.

Mr Richardson, speaking at Beijing airport before boarding, said the trip was a “private humanitarian mission, not connected to the US government”. A US citizen is currently held awaiting trial in the country.

“We’re going to be in Pyongyang, probably for two and a half days. We may go outside the city. We will find out when we arrive,” he said. Click below for full story - 

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