Seoul weighs approval for Google, Apple high-resolution map requests

South Korea weighs granting Google and Apple access to high-resolution map data amid lingering security and regulatory ...
TechCrunch

South Korea delays decision on letting Google move hi-res map data overseas

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 ...
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Lawmakers warn Korea not to give Google Maps its data

Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers, professors and debate panelists take a commemorative photograph at the National Assembly in western Seoul on May 8. [LEE SOO-JUNG] Liberal lawmakers and academic ...
Reuters

South Korea delays decision on Google's request for map data exports

SEOUL, Aug 8 (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 ...
THE WEEK

South Korea's divide over allowing Google Maps

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 ...
CNN

Why doesn’t Google Maps work in one of Asia’s most developed, tourist-friendly countries?

When Taiwanese traveler Eric Weng goes to South Korea, he resigns himself to toggling between three different map applications to navigate his way around. That’s because Google Maps, ubiquitous in ...