Korea Asks Google to Correct Dokdo Blunder
The Foreign Ministry on Thursday asked web search giant Google to restore the Korean name and address of the Dokdo islets on its map service. They were apparently deleted and replaced with an old nautical name.
“We made it clear that we can’t accept Google’s new policy because Dokdo is clearly Korean territory,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tae-young told reporters. Seoul told Google that the change is “unacceptable and requested that it show the name of Dokdo on Google Maps,” he added.
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