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Internet Portal Temporarily Bans Web Comments on Entertainment News to Stem Defamation

SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Daum, South Korea’s second-largest internet portal, will temporarily close down comment fields on its entertainment news site in a drastic move designed to crack down on online expressions of defamation and hatred, the portal’s operator said Friday. Yeo Min-soo and Joh Su-yong, co-chief executives of Kakao Corp., which has [...]

Kakao Merges into Daum, “Motivated by Limits to Standalone Growth”

SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service operator, decided to merge with Daum, the second-largest Internet portal in Korea after Naver, to overcome the limitation in growth within the domestic mobile industry. On May 26, Lee Sir-goo, CEO of Kakao, admitted the criticism by the business circle that it lacks [...]