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Google this: North Korea open to Western help with Net upgrade?

Asia Program Director Robert M. Hathaway was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times articles on the visit to North Korea by Bill Richardson and Google executive Eric Schmidt.

The Richardson visit, which the veteran politician has called “a private, humanitarian mission,” offers an opportunity to break the silence but runs the risk of being misconstrued as an official gesture by Washington, said Robert Hathaway, Asia Program director for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. 

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Carol J. Williams

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