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chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, has asked North Korea to open up its Internet to join rest of world. North Korea is one of most closed and secretive countries in world. Only few of its citizens have Internet access, but that is strictly controlled by government. Almost no one can access World Wide Web. Mr Schmidt said it was very important for country to end its isolation so North Koreans can become richer. He said: "As world is becoming increasingly connected, their decision to be [almost totally] isolated is very much going to affect their physical world, their economic growth, and so forth….It will make it hard for them to catch up economically.”

U.S. government was not happy about Mr Schmidt’s trip. Officials criticised it and said it was “unhelpful”. The White House is doing its best to get North Koreans to end its nuclear weapons programme. One expert believes Mr Schmidt’s visit gave North Korea feeling it was important world country. Greg Scarlatoiu of Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea told Voice Of America website: "Visits from senior officials and extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs are going to help to raise profile of North Korea regime. Probably, from North Korean viewpoint, they may think this is also opportunity to make some money for regime.