Richardson says didn't meet detained American on North Korea trip from Reuters: Politics BEIJING (Reuters) - Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt failed to secure the release of a Korean-American held in North Korea during a controversial trip to the secretive state that ended on Thursday. feeds.reuters.com/~r/Reuters/PoliticsNews/~3/-2zvftfwUCA/us-korea-north-richardson-bae-idUSBRE90904R20130110