SEOUL — South Korean police said they raided Google Inc.’s Seoul office on Tuesday on suspicion that the Internet search leader had illegally collected data on users. Google has been preparing ...

Few realize that South Korea bars foreign companies from exporting the mapping data necessary for digital map services. That ...

South Korean lawmakers oppose Google's request for detailed map data, citing national security risks, particularly regarding military facilities and nuclear sites.

Google previously requested Korea’s map data in 2007 and 2016 but was declined for security reasons. Apple, too, had its request rejected in 2023.

Crowd’s wisdom helps South Korean search engine beat Google and Yahoo from the New York Times describes South Korea’s most popular search engine, Naver. Naver currently has a 77 percent share ...

Google Korea plans to introduce an age-verification system to its search engine later this year that will restrict adult-themed searches to those 19 years of age and older, it said Thursday.

Google's victory in Korea comes just a day after the company was hit hard by the European Union's competition commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, ...

Google is in hot water with the Korea Fair Trade Commission for allegedly violating part of its business agreement with the government branch. The KFTC decided to impose an injunction on Google ...

Police said Thursday that Google violated South Korean laws and referred their findings to state prosecutors, adding to a slew of privacy cases the world's largest search engine is facing.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is challenging the South Korean government over restrictions to its mapping services in the country, which renders some maps less informative than those for North Korea.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Google chief Eric Schmidt's plan to visit North Korea has put the Obama administration in the awkward position of opposing a champion of Internet freedom engaging with one of ...

Google chairman urged North Korea to allow its citizens to use the Internet; The delegation toured technology facilities in North Korea; The unusual trip was not sanctioned by the U.S. government ...