Google in hot water with South Korea

Wednesday January 23rd 2008
Filed Under Google Earth, Google Maps 

Apparently Google has upset South Korea again with its choice of annotation that mistakenly attributes certain locations in South Korea as being part of North Korea. According to Digital Chosunilbo, a daily news site about Korea:

The controversial areas include Ongjin County under the jurisdiction of the city of Incheon, and some islands in Ongjin County such as Baegryeong-do, Daecheong-do, and Socheong-do.

While close to North Korea, all of these locations are in South Korea. Yet all of them are described in detail by Google Earth as belonging to North Korea. Even Yeonpyeong-do, in whose adjacent waters the 1999 West Sea battle was waged, is described as belonging to the North.

There have been several incidents in the past with Google referring to Seoul (the capital of South Korea) as “under Japanese rule” and labeling some locales with the Japanese name instead of the Korean name.

Read more: Google Under Fire for Flawed Korea Maps - Digital Chosunilbo



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