{"id":73307,"date":"2025-08-08T08:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T23:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/08\/south-korea-google-maps-geographic-data-restrictions"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:44:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:44:59","slug":"south-korea-set-to-decide-whether-to-let-google-maps-finally-work-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=73307","title":{"rendered":"South Korea postpones decision to let Google Maps work properly \u2013 again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The country is one of only a handful \u2013 alongside China and North Korea \u2013 where the app fails to function as it should<\/p>\n<p>For tourists visiting South Korea, one of the world\u2019s most technologically advanced nations, navigating the country\u2019s urban heartlands can prove surprisingly frustrating for one simple reason: Google Maps just doesn\u2019t work effectively.<\/p>\n<p>That could change soon, as South Korean authorities discuss whether to finally grant Google\u2019s request to export the country\u2019s detailed mapping data to overseas servers. But a decision on the matter was postponed for a second time this year on Friday to allow for further review of security concerns.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/aug\/08\/south-korea-google-maps-geographic-data-restrictions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The country is one of only a handful \u2013 alongside China and North Korea \u2013 where the app fails to function as it shouldFor tourists visiting South Korea, one of the world\u2019s most technologically advanced nations, navigating the country\u2019s urban heartlands &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2929,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1766,41,57,3378,222,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alphabet","category-asia-pacific","category-google","category-google-maps","category-south-korea","category-technology"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2929"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73307"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73321,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73307\/revisions\/73321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}