Google Weather prioritizes 'Sea of Japan' over 'East Sea,' even on Korean services

“A Korean campaigner on Tuesday issued a complaint over global search engine Google, pointing out that its local weather services describe the East Sea primarily as "Sea of Japan." Seo Kyung-duk, a professor of liberal arts at Sungshin Women's University, said the body of water between the two countries is being displayed as the "Sea of Japan (East Sea)" to Korean users accessing Google from regions close to Japan. Such regions include South Gyeongsang Provincial regions including Changwon city a

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