Analysis: Why Google NKorea visit irks US

Posted on January 5, 2013

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2012 file photo, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt arrives for a seminar at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Schmidt is preparing to travel to one of the last frontiers of cyberspace: North Korea. He will be traveling to North Korea on a private trip led by former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that could take place as early as this month, sources told The Associated Press on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The sources, two people familiar with the group's plans, asked not to be named because the visit had not been made public. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of the most intensely censored countries.


Full Story Via Tech News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Related posts:

  1. APNewsBreak: Google exec chairman to visit NKorea
  2. Internet Urges Batman to Visit Victims of ‘Dark Knight’ Shooting
  3. U.S.: time not right for Google executive’s North Korea trip
  4. More countries restrict Internet to stifle critics: report
  5. Google’s executive chairman bound for North Korea: AP
Bookmark the permalink.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may use these HTML tags and attributes: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>