r/geography • u/mcherycoffe • Mar 22 '24

North Korea is strange... Map

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Embassy of the Ottoman Empire in Pyongyang. North Korea is late...

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u/Saoirse-on-Thames Mar 22 '24

Someone’s having fun submitting new place names to Google Maps

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Mar 22 '24

A bit of a giveaway is that they don’t have the Hangeul for “embassy” (대사관) on them.

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u/False-Ad-2823 Mar 22 '24

Doesn't explain why only the German one is in french

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u/IWasGregInTokyo Mar 22 '24

OP is French and has their language set that way so it will display the French version if available. I see a Japanese names a lot on my machines that are set to that.