South Korea has approved the export of high-precision map data to overseas servers, clearing the way for Google Maps to operate fully in the country after nearly two decades of restrictions ...

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

Unlike in most countries, Google Maps in South Korea has not provided users with real-time driving or walking directions or detailed listings for shops, restaurants and other businesses. Instead, most ...

After years of appeals, Google has finally won approval to export high-precision geographic information out of South Korea and provide proper Google Maps services in the country, including walking and ...

I want to believe in the mission-ready astronaut, but in this gerrymandered primary, the frontrunner with a messy past might ground him anyway, writes Chronicle columnist Regina Lankenau.

China and South Korea have discussed resuming joint maritime search-and-rescue drills that have been suspended for about 15 years, according to the South’s Ministry of National Defense. Working-level ...

SEOUL — South Korean officials found themselves scrambling on Tuesday morning after waking up to a social media post from President Donald Trump announcing a fresh hike in tariffs on their country.

President Trump announced Monday that he’s hiking tariffs against South Korea because the Korean Legislature has failed to enact a trade agreement reached with the US nearly six months ago. “South ...

President Donald Trump said Monday that he was hiking tariffs on imports from South Korea to 25% from 15%, complaining that the U.S. ally’s legislature wasn’t “living up” to a trade deal that was ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks at a welcome banquet for Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 15, 2025. Credit: Facebook/ Lee Jae-myung On January 21, during a New ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the ex-President over the failed 2024 martial law order. Yoon was charged with leading an insurrection, a crime that is not shielded by presidential ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Monday that he wants to open a “new phase” for relations with China, after meeting with President Xi Jinping during Lee’s first trip to Beijing since taking ...