Google chairman visits North Korea, assess the country’s internet environment despite Obama government’s reservation; North Korea to donate a museum to Cambodia as a gesture of friendship; North Korea plans to offer mineral resource development right to C
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    • JANUARY 7-13

    According to reports, Google chairman Eric Schmidt went on a four-day visit to North Korea along with Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson despite the reservations of Obama administration over this trip. During the visit, while Eric Schmidt assessed the North’s internet environment while Bill Richardson pressed the country to stop its missile launches and nuclear tests. Richarson also insisted that Pyongyang should allow more cell phones and unrestricted internet access for its citizens. 1

    In a significant development, North Korea has built a museum near the Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia and intending to donate it to the latter as a gesture of friendship. The museum, built up primarily with the $10 million invested by the North Korean regime, is to become operational from April this year. It is worth noting that both North Korea and Cambodia have close ties. North Korea is involved in a variety of business ventures in Cambodia. 2

    In other developments, according to reports, North Korea intends to give mineral resources development rights to Chinese investors if the latter pledges to upgrade the former’s backward infrastructure, such as roads and hotels. Pyongyang have been desperately looking for outside support and tie ups after Seoul stopped all cross-border trade following the Cheonan incident in 2010. 3

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