By Kyu-seok Shim SEOUL, Feb 27 (Reuters) - South Korea will soon no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn't work properly, after its security-conscious government reversed a ...

South Korea is planning to reverse a longstanding policy that has made travel mainstay Google Maps largely useless in the country until now.

South Korea said on ​Friday it had approved ‌Google’s request to export ​the country’s high-precision ⁠map data to overseas ...

Google will finally be able to provide real-time driving and walking directions in South Korea, The New York Times reported. The company has received permission from the nation's Transport Ministry to ...

The South Korean government also reserves the right to request revisions to maps ...

The approval was made "on the condition that strict security requirements are met," the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement.

The social media war with the 'Knetz' led South East Asians to make the point that South Korea's soft power rose on the wholehearted support of the region's young.

This decision, conditioned on security measures, may challenge local services like Naver and Kakao while addressing US concerns over market access.

CHRISTOPHER S. CHIVVIS is Director of the American Statecraft Program and a Senior Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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