South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool ...

South Korea will no longer be one of the few countries where Google Maps doesn’t work fully, after its security-conscious government approved the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers.

SEOUL: Google Maps could soon work properly in South Korea after Seoul agreed on Friday (Feb 27) to share data with the popular app, but restrictions will stop sensitive military sites being revealed.

This month Google submitted yet another bid to receive higher-quality map data. This time the South Korean government has to navigate trickier terrain. As part of an investment deal agreed with ...

Billions in potential growth remain trapped behind borders and mistrust South Asia is one of the great paradoxes of the global economy. Home to nearly a quarter of the world’s population, including ...

MANILA -- Philippine restaurant group Jollibee Foods will acquire South Korean hot pot chain All Day Fresh, the company announced Monday, further expanding abroad before a planned U.S. listing of its ...

A two-day series of maritime drills by the U.S., Australian and Philippine navies this week in the South China Sea drew a response by China’s navy with a demonstration of its own. Aircraft and ...

Just hours after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won the 13th national elections on February 12, 2026, the mood in New Delhi was cautious. Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi spoke with ...

It began with a camera lens and ended with a continental roast. What started as a petty argument about concert etiquette in Kuala Lumpur turned into a full-blown internet brawl. Southeast Asian ...

A dispute over the impact of H-1B visas on U.S. workers has been overshadowed by racist rhetoric, with troubling echoes of the great replacement conspiracy theory. By Amy Qin The floor was open at a ...