South Korea approves Google's request to export detailed geographic data overseas, reversing a longstanding policy that made Google Maps largely nonfunctional (John Yoon/New York Times)

John Yoon / New York Times: South Korea approves Google's request to export detailed geographic data overseas, reversing a longstanding policy that made Google Maps largely nonfunctional   —  South Korea approved Google's request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional.