Google exec. visits North Korea

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, center, checks in at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013. Schmidt is scheduled to leave on a commercial flight bound for North Korea, a country considered to have the world's most restrictive Internet policies.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt walks away from a hotel lounge after a meeting with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, center, and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, second from right, leave after their meeting at a hotel in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, center, is chased by journalists as he prepares to check in at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, second from right, and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, leave after their meeting at a hotel in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, right, chats with former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, right, during their meeting at a hotel in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, center, chats with members of his delegation at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Jan. 7, 2013.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, and Executive Chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, disembark from an airport transfer bus after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 7, 2013. Richardson called the trip to North Korea a private humanitarian visit. In the background is Google Ideas think tank director, Jared Cohen.

Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt is surrounded by journalists after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 7, 2013.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is interviewed by journalists after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 7, 2013.

Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt, center, arrives at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 7, 2013.

Executive Chairman of Google Eric Schmidt, left, disembarks from an airport transfer bus after arriving at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on Jan. 7, 2013. Behind him, from left to right, are Google Ideas think tank director Jared Cohen and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.