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South Korea says Google has removed Korean coordinates from maps under export permit

  • On Friday, South Korea's government announced that Google removed latitude and longitude coordinates for South Korean territory from Google Maps and Google Earth, satisfying a security condition from The February export permit.
  • South Korea previously rejected Google's map requests in 2007 and 2016, citing security risks to military facilities; The February approval marked a major reversal of the stance Seoul held for two decades.
  • The California-based company must use domestic partners like TMAP Mobility to process imagery to government security standards, and Google Street View imagery near military and security facilities will be deleted.
  • South Korean officials stated they would suspend or revoke the permit if serious breaches occurred, while Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the announcement.
  • Yonhap News Agency reported that Google is expected to use data processed by TMAP on domestic servers to government security standards from as early as next year.
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Government Confirms Google’s Compliance with Security Conditions for High-Precision Maps... Partner Company: Tmap. The government confirmed on the 13th that Google has complied with the security conditions attached to the permission for the export of 1:5000 scale maps. The consultative body on the export of basic survey results, composed of the National Geographic Information Institute under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, re…

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South Korea says Google has removed Korean coordinates from maps under export permit

South Korea's government said on ​Friday that Google ‌has removed latitude and longitude coordinates for South ​Korean territory from ​Google Maps and Google ⁠Earth, one of ​the security conditions attached ​to a permit granted in February to export ​high-resolution map data.

·London, United Kingdom
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(Sejong, Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Oh Jin-song Han Sang-yong = The government confirmed that Google implemented the security conditions imposed at the time of permission to export high-precision domestic maps overseas...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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WTVB broke the news on Friday, November 13, 2026.
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