Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, center, is surrounded by journalists as he walks into the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea as he and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, unseen, depart for Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, center, is surrounded by journalists as he walks into the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea as he and former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson, unseen, depart for Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
Former Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson is surrounded by journalists as he walks into the Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea as he and Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, not seen, depart for Beijing on Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
BEIJING (AP) ? Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is urging North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and allow its citizens to use the Internet or risk being left behind economically.
He spoke to reporters in Beijing on Thursday after visiting the tightly controlled country this week.
Schmidt joined former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richards in the delegation that also called on North Korea to put a moratorium on missile launches and nuclear tests that have prompted U.N. sanctions and sought fair treatment for a detained American citizen.
Schmidt says the North Korean government must act now in boosting it citizens' access to the Internet. He says, "It's their choice now. It's in my view time for them to start or else they will remain behind."
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