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 ...

Google again requested permission to export Korea’s detailed map data, nine years after the U.S. tech giant's last attempt was shut down by Seoul over security concerns. Google's request comes amid ...

Google announced on Tuesday that it would comply with the South Korean government’s directive to blur sensitive satellite imagery on its mapping platforms. The move could strengthen the U.S. tech ...

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 ...

Thanks to citizen cartographers, Google is finally able to fill in one of the last blank spaces on its version of Earth. Last night, the company added North Korea to vast database, and now we can see ...

[THE INVESTOR] Korea’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo said Google Maps will be allowed to offer full services in the nation only if it censors core security facilities on its digital map. Earlier this ...

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.

SEOUL, South Korea - 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, monuments ...

The Korean government on Tuesday suspended its review of Google's request to export high-precision maps overseas, asking the U.S. tech giant to supplement its documentation. During a review meeting, a ...

WASHINGTON — Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's visit to North Korea this week has been met with sharp criticism and low expectations, but the global Internet search giant indirectly is helping ...

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has delayed a decision on Google's request to export map data, requiring additional documents by February 5, 2026. Google seeks approval ...