SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Users of KakaoTalk, South Korea’s most popular mobile messenger, picked Munyongi as this year’s rising emoticon star. The selection followed a two-week vote that began on June 19, according to Kakao Corp., the operator of the messaging app. Each user was able to vote once per day. A total [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Monday that it released an emoticon (give-ticon) based on the motions of sign language, and the sales proceeds will be donated to activities related to hearing impaired people. Give-ticons are a mobile sponsorship product in which Kakao [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s top mobile messenger KakaoTalk, said Monday that about 300,000 sets have been sold and 220 billion emoticons have been sent among users through the messenger service since it launched its emoticon business ten years ago. KakaoTalk released its first emoticon in Nov. [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean messaging giant Kakao is accelerating its efforts to expand the online presence of its much-loved emoticons by branching out into other services including Kakao TV and web portal Daum, as Kakao Friends has become one of the most recognized brands in the country. Speaking to the press [...]