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

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

 


 
 

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