According to The Korea Herald, South Korea confirmed on Friday that Google has implemented the critical security measures required for the export of detailed South Korean map data. Citing South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the report stated that an inter-agency review committee has verified that Google meets the security conditions attached to the export permit for 1:5,000 scale map data. The report also noted that Google has selected Tmap as its local partner. This brings Google a step closer to providing full navigation services, though the report did not state that the full navigation service has officially launched.