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Google debuted its Google Maps program for one of the world's most secretive countries, North Korea, as part of its crowd sourcing map initiative. North Korea Tech blog posted several pictures of it with some background information.
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ENGLISH The escalating violence, behavior of vandalism and barbarism perpetrated by a group of individuals...
PLZ, SAVE DEMOCRACY OF SOUTH KOREA!
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