South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.

South Korea’s government on Friday said it will allow Google to export detailed mapping data of the country to overseas servers under certain security requirements, responding to years of frustration ...

The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of ...

Google Maps could soon work properly in South Korea after Seoul agreed to share data with the popular app, but restrictions ...

After years of appeals, Google has finally won approval to export high-precision geographic information out of South Korea and provide proper Google Maps services in the country, including walking and ...

Korea’s high-precision mapping data will be allowed to be transferred overseas for the first time, after the government ...

Google Maps is available in more than 250 countries, so it may surprise some people to learn that a modern tech-obsessed nation like South Korea isn't on that list. Google Maps has long been shunned ...

Seoul approves overseas data transfer ‘on condition that Google strictly comply with security guidelines’ - Anadolu Ajansı ...

South Korea will no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn’t work fully, after its security-conscious government approved the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers.

Every day hundreds of visitors step off the AREX train at Seoul Station, tap Google Maps, and discover that the blue-dot app they use everywhere from Berlin to Bangkok will not provide walking or ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names, ...

While Google Maps feels like a solid mapping solution, it has some blank spots — particularly when it comes to regions such as North Korea. But that's all changing thanks to a group of "citizen ...