Monday, November 5, 2012

Google, Apple 'rename' disputed islands

South Korea is outraged Apple Inc and Google Inc have removed the Korean name of a group of disputed islets from some of their map services.

South Korea is outraged Apple Inc and Google Inc have removed the Korean name of a group of disputed islets from some of their map services.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young says a demand to reverse the decision will be sent to both Google and Apple after they removed the Korean name Dokdo from their English- and Japanese-language maps.

"At the moment we heard Apple's new policy, our government official clearly expressed that...

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A recent topic in the news is the territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea. How do you think the islands should be represented on maps?

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