Google's Eric Schmidt 'pays tribute to Kim Jong-il'

Google's Eric Schmidt and Bill Richardson, the former governor of New Mexico, have reportedly paid tribute to North Korea's former leaders, during their visit to the oppressive country.


Mr Richardson has described the trip, which attracted criticism from Washington, as a "private humanitarian mission" and the secretive nation's official media has released few details about their activities.
Mr Richardson, a former New Mexico governor and an ex-ambassador to the United Nations, has been to the North several times in the past two decades and has helped negotiate the release of detained US citizens.
Kenneth Bae, an American of Korean descent, is being held in North Korea and his son contacted Richardson to ask for his help, the latter said last week.
The North has in the past handed over detainees to high-profile delegations and some observers suggested it may have requested Schmidt's participation in this case.
But the US State Department has voiced concern about the trip, saying it was ill-timed in the wake of Pyongyang's widely condemned rocket launch last month.

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