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May 18, 2026
Samsung's weather app sparks storm of controversy by handing territory to North Korea
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ASIA IN BRIEF Samsung found itself facing down controversy in South Korea last week, when the weather app pre-installed on many of its devices incorrectly labelled an island territory named Dokdo as part of North Korea. Dokdo is a group of volcanic islets that is the subject of a territorial dispute between South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. Netizens were therefore outraged by a champion of South Korean industry handing the islands to foes in North Korea. Mislabelling the map was therefore suf
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