South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would ...

South Korea has once again postponed a decision on whether to approve Google’s request to transfer high-precision map data on the country’s geography to its international servers. In February, Google ...

Liberal lawmakers and academic experts urged South Korea to continue withholding detailed map data from Google, stressing that providing it could pose “serious threat to national security.” Multiple ...

South Korea is entering final-stage talks with Google and Apple over long-pending requests to export what the government ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea delayed a decision on Friday on a request from Google for permission to export map data, following U.S. pressure to address what Washington regards as a non-tariff barrier ...

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Google Maps is hoping that an upcoming decision by South Korea’s government will finally open the door to the only advanced democracy in the world where its service is still not fully functional.

Until Tuesday, North Korea appeared on Google Maps as a near-total white space — no roads, no train lines, no parks and no restaurants. The only thing labeled was the capital city, Pyongyang. This all ...

When Google executive Eric Schmidt visited North Korea earlier this month with former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson, they urged the isolated totalitarian state to open itself up to the Internet.