Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is planning a visit to North Korea that could occur as early as this month, reports the Associated Press . Citing two sources familiar with the executive's itinerary, the AP reveals that Schmidt will be making the trip with former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson. Exactly who the pair will be meeting with or what they hope to accomplish with the excursion remains unclear, however. North Korea notoriously enforces some of the harshest internet censorship policies in the world.
Yet despite those debilitating policies, the country's technology sector has seen a jump in activity over recent years. North Korea's young leader Kim Jung Un recently cited the importance of science and technology in improving the...
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