Google recently updated its map to include more detail of the North Korea -- a country rarely seen by the outside world. Although Americans can travel to the Asian nation, it is not encouraged by ...

From space, the nighttime map of North Korea has a curious distinction: it is almost completely dark. Next door, South Korea glitters with great splotches of economic life, and, on the other side ...

Well, a recent update to Google Maps has the answer for you. It has filled in the big, largely blank space that previously lay north of the well-mapped South Korea with streets, towns and landmarks.

SEOUL, South Korea — Google Inc. has helped fill the gap in one of the last remaining information black holes in the world by releasing a detailed map of North Korea that adds street names ...

North Korea was long a big blank space on Google Maps. No roads were visible. No train lines. In fact, Pyongyang, the secretive communist nation's capital, was the only identified landmark.

Until Tuesday, North Korea appeared on Google Maps as a near-total white space — no roads, no train lines, no parks and no restaurants. The only thing labeled was the capital city, Pyongyang.

“This effort has been active in Map Maker for a few years and today the new map of North Korea is ready and now available on Google Maps,” Jayanth Mysore, senior product manager of Google Map ...

The map featured a jingoistic quote from Kim Jong Un in the top left corner. Labeled "Joseon," the term North Korea typically uses for itself, the map displayed administrative districts only for ...

Well, a recent update to Google Maps has the answer for you. It has filled in the big, largely blank space that previously lay north of the well-mapped South Korea with streets, towns and landmarks.