SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Entertainment announced on May 30 that its web novel and webtoon platform, KakaoPage, has been the highest-grossing book app in South Korea for the past two years, citing data from the market research platform Sensor Tower. According to Sensor Tower, from May 11, 2022, to May 10, 2024, KakaoPage [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Allegations that a famous dog trainer and his wife monitored messages exchanged between employees on a workplace collaboration app called Naver Works have sparked concerns over potential privacy violations involving such programs, which often include messaging capabilities. According to IT industry insiders, Susan Elder, the wife of Kang Hyung-wook, who [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In a striking shift in South Korea’s social media landscape, Instagram has emerged as the dominant platform, surpassing the once-formidable giants Naver and Kakao, according to a recent report by the Korea Information Society Development Institute (KISDI). The report, titled “Social Media Usage by Generation,” revealed that nearly half (48.6%) [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The privacy watchdog fined Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s dominant mobile messenger, 15.1 billion won (US$11 million) Thursday for the leak of about 65,000 users’ personal data, the highest penalty ever imposed on a domestic firm. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) approved the fine during its [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior foreign ministry official called for Japan on Friday to help ensure that Naver Corp. can make its own decision about whether to sell down its stake in the operator of the Line messaging app without “external pressure.” Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun made the call during [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Photo-sharing app Instagram overtook Naver, the nation’s leading internet portal, as the third most popular mobile app in South Korea in terms of usage time last month, industry data showed Tuesday. South Koreans spent a combined 20.9 billion minutes on Instagram in April, according to the data by mobile [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) – As Naver weighs selling its stake in LINE Yahoo to SoftBank, employees at LINE’s Korean subsidiaries are grappling with uncertainty about their future. Just six months after the merger of LINE and Yahoo Japan, Naver’s consideration of divesting its LINE Yahoo shares has sparked concerns about job security among workers. [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The attention of South Koreans has intensified around the “Line crisis” triggered by demands from the Japanese government, including a review of Naver’s stake in the messaging app Line. This has led to a 15-fold surge in online searches for “Line” over the past four days. According to Naver Data [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The labor union of Naver Corp. on Monday voiced opposition to a possible sale of stake in the operator of the popular Line messenger app, saying protecting employees and technology concerning the app should be top priority for Naver. Naver has been under pressure from the Japanese government to [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Tech giant Naver Corp. said Friday it has yet to determine its position regarding Tokyo’s apparent pressure on LY Corp., the operator of popular mobile messenger app Line in Japan, to review its relationship with the Korean company. “Rather than determining whether to follow the guidance or not, we [...]