This map, uploaded to RedNote on January 28, appears to be North Korea-made and emphasizes the Kim regime's shift away from pro-unification messaging amid tensions with the South.

Google's request for access to a government-supplied map of South Korea to put in its global server has been denied due to 'security concerns'. Written by Cho Mu-Hyun, Contributing Writer Nov. 17 ...

In March, the U.S. government stated that South Korea “maintains such restrictions on the export of location-based data” in its 2025 National Trade Estimate Report, in which it classified the ...

Screenshots from South Korea’s National Geographic Information Institute show the publicly available 1:25,000-scale map (left) and the more detailed 1:5,000-scale map (right).

South Korea denied a request by Alphabet Inc.’s Google to export digital-map data from the country, effectively blocking the U.S. technology giant from expanding its limited local-map services ...

As South Korea opts for flexible economic partnerships, such as with Russia, where specific interests overlap, the implications for the United States’ role in Northeast Asia may be profound.