Funnily enough I think our map should be improved and was putting together a new map before seeing this thread. Considering many ideas including a version with 12 and 6 start locations removed. I do think the korean vers is more balanced and have considered incorporating ideas from it.
I've improved the base size and interspacing a bit, and working on getting the chokes optimal. All bases 36 tiles wide now. All chokes 8 tiles.
I can finish the fancy tiles on the edges and release it if anyone wants to playtest and give feedback.
One of the main points to think about is that bigger bases + shorter chokes is generally better, but results in less space between the bases. Korea map kind of solves this by elevating the terrain between the bases so you need vision to shoot over them.
I don't see west players changing to the korean style vespene setup anytime soon..
I would like to see what D3inleague has so far as well.