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Google exec and former US governor visit North Korea (VIDEO)

State department has claimed that the visit is "unhelpful."

Google exec returns from North Korea without American detainee

Pyongyang watchers are said to be taken aback at the trip's unfruitful outcome.

Google exec former US governor North Korea

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schimidt (C) makes his way after checking in at Beijing International airport in Beijing on January 7, 2013, before his trip to North Korea.

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