by REERA YOO | @reeraboo editor@charactermedia.com Comic book legend Stan Lee and YouTube beauty maven Michelle Phan have formed an unlikely alliance to help publicize LINE Webtoon, the English-language version […]
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Will New Yorkers Go Cuckoo for KakaoTaxi?
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com Daum Kakao Corp. is considering bringing South Korea’s most popular cab-hailing app service to the Big Apple, according to Bloomberg. KakaoTaxi launched […]
Daum Kakao Apologizes for Security Concerns, Vows to Protect User Privacy
by REERA YOO Lee Sirgoo, co-CEO of Daum Kakao, apologized to the public Monday for the messaging app’s initial handling of security issues and said it will stop fully […]
How KakaoTalk Founder Became SKorea’s Rarest Billionaire
by STEVE HAN In South Korea, where every one of its top 10 richest people had abundance of inherited wealth to begin with, mobile messaging app KakaoTalk founder Kim […]
Daum Launches Detailed Maps of North Korea
by REERA YOO On Friday, Daum launched a map service that covers North Korea’s entire territory, becoming the first South Korean Internet portal to offer public access to North […]
Daum Employees to Adopt English Names in Kakao Merger
by JAMES S. KIM South Korean mobile messenger service provider Kakao is set to acquire Internet portal site Daum earlier this year in a 3.1 trillion won ($3.03 billion) deal […]