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Korean Government and Companies to Use Official Comment Channel for Online News Articles

Korean Government and Companies to Use Official Comment Channel for Online News Articles

SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Web portal operator Daum Kakao is set to introduce a service which enables the government, companies and the press to write comments for online news articles through official commenting channels specially dedicated to them. Named ‘Official Comments,’ the service will start in the third quarter of the year, after [...]

Kakao Taxi Dominating Taxi-Reservation Market with 80,000-Driver Pool

Kakao Taxi Dominating Taxi-Reservation Market with 80,000-Driver Pool

SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi, a taxi reservation app which was released on March 31, is reigning over the Korean call-taxi market. According to IT industry representatives on June 14, more than 80,000 taxi drivers have downloaded the driver’s edition app, while 1,500,000 people have downloaded the app for customers. The accumulated [...]

Daum Kakao Mulls U.S. Messenger Takeover

Daum Kakao Mulls U.S. Messenger Takeover

SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum Kakao, which operates South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Wednesday it is “considering” taking over U.S.-based messenger service Path, although no details have been decided. “It is true that our working-level team has reviewed the plan (to take over Path),” an official from Daum Kakao said. “However, [...]