Google Chairman Eric Schmidt kicked off a controversial private trip to North Korea on Monday with the former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson. The trip is taking place despite objections from the U.S. State Department. Very few details of the trip have released, although it has taken over the interest of the media. CNN was told the trip is a "private humanitarian visit," and Bill Richardson went on the trip to attempt to release an American prisoner who was captured last month. An adviser, Tony Namkung, and a former State Department official who now works for Google, Jared Cohen, will be joining Schmidt and Richardson. The visit is set to conclude on Thursday with a news conference in Beijing. "We don't think the timing of this is particularly helpful...they are well aware of our views," spokeswoman of the State Department states.http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/07/news/schmidt-richardson-north-korea/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
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