Tech delegation pressing NKorea Internet openness

By Jean Lee
Published January 9, 2013 5:00am ET
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Tech delegation pressing NKorea Internet openness
Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt stands on a balcony at the Grand Peoples Study House overlooking Juche Tower in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. Schmidt and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson are currently in North Korea. Richardson said Wednesday that his delegation is pressing North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests and to allow more cell phones and an open Internet for its citizens. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) | David Guttenfelder

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — A private delegation including Google’s Eric Schmidt is urging North Korea to allow more open Internet access and cellphones to benefit its citizens, the mission’s leader said Wednesday in the country with some of the world’s tightest controls on information.

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