SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading free messenger service operator Daum Kakao Corp. on Tuesday showcased a taxi application for drivers in its first step to start a full-fledged taxi service, adding the passengers’ version will also be released by the end of the first quarter. The release came a month after [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top mobile messenger operator Daum Kakao Corp. said Monday it has purchased a whole stake in Kids Note Inc., a local childcare solutions provider, in line with its efforts to expand its “online to offline (O2O)” business portfolio. Under the move, Daum Kakao plans to offer childcare [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao, which plans to use 100 billion won to set up a venture capital firm in January, began its investment in ventures with high growth potential even before establishing its new entity. The first beneficiary was Userstorylab, a well-known SNS developer in Korea. On December 29, Userstorylab announced [...]
“For some time now, Daum Kakao’s business strategy will be focused on Southeast Asia, and we’re exploring other markets to land our services. The new frontier will be apart from the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia where we’ve already set up offices.” “At the initial stage, we heavily invested in marketing sections aimed at expanding our [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum Kakao, Korea’s top messaging app operator, said on December 22 that it plans to invest 100 billion won (US$ 91 million) to establish an investment firm by January 23, 2015. Park Ji Hwan, the former strategy chief of Daum Kakao, is slated to be the first CEO of [...]
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SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As Daum Kakao, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service provider, is set to launch a mobile call taxi service “Kakao Taxi” by the first quarter of next year amid the ongoing controversy over Uber, the taxi app industry is likely to undergo a sea change. Comparing to Uber which was [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Over the past few years, movies and TV dramas based on webtoons have been increasing in popularity. Films based on online cartoons from Moss and Secretly Greatly to the most recent Fashion King are the talk of the town in the film industry. Misaeng, meaning an incomplete life, which [...]
“The organization best suited to change society today is the corporation. To do this, I think the atmosphere in which social impact companies can grow is essential.” “Social impact companies should be able to achieve financial performance all the while playing the critical role of social change in a single area or system-wide change through [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – As Naver, Korea’s largest online portal, launches a new “O2O” platform service to challenge “YellowID” of Daum Kakao, it is expected that competition in the area of O2O marketing will get fiercer. O2O marketing, or online-to-offline marketing, provides more personal experience by bringing people from online networks to offline networks by connecting [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao said it will feature a “real-con,” the short 2-second emoticon that allows KakaoTalk users to express their state of emotion in a more fun way. The real-con makes use of images of Girl’s Day, a four-member Korean girl band, which makes the user feel like he is [...]