“In order to be reborn as a truly responsive political party to people’s demand, we need to be able to communicate constantly with them in real time in the online space. We must revitalize the new media platform and social networking site organizations.” “All task force members should think themselves as messengers to invigorate social [...]
![[In-depth] “KakaoTalk Real Estate” Creates Shock Wave in Real Estate Market](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/online-realtor-800x565.jpg "[In-depth] “KakaoTalk Real Estate” Creates Shock Wave in Real Estate Market")
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A business model called “KakaoTalk Real Estate” is attracting keen interest among real estate industry participants as it is offered much lower rates than currently charged by agents. Amid a controversy following an announcement by the government that it would force the current brokerage commissions to be cut by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – As KakaoTalk starts its Bank Wallet Kakao service from November 11, Korean banks are rushing to offer bank account products exclusively for the service. For the so-called “Katok Bank” service, Korean commercial banks including Woori Bank, Hana Bank and Korea Exchange Bank(KEB) rolled out the accounts exclusively for the service to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Telegram will hold a security contest with award money of 300 million won. The company posted the message on its social networking service pages on November 4 to challenge the world’s hackers to breach its encryption system. The mobile messenger service became famous by the recent incident of a sudden [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Privacy anxiety among Korean mobile messaging users leads to more and more “cyber asylum” seekers who are mostly migrating into Telegram, a German encryption-based messaging app, which is more secure than peers in the market. Now the number of Kakao “defectors” to Telegram is nearing three million, setting a record-breaking [...]
![[Quote] Apology of KakaoTalk Leads to Another Controversy](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/이재웅.png "[Quote] Apology of KakaoTalk Leads to Another Controversy")
“You have to find fault with state power abuse, not with a company unable to resist the power. If you are not happy with it, there is no way for you but to pack up and go to some other country. I don’t like what has happened with KakaoTalk but the criticism to how the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Kakao said on October 9 that it would introduce a “privacy mode” to its KakaoTalk mobile messenger service within the year’s end as a way to enhance security. With the new feature, the user will be able to encrypt conversations with his friends and delete messages immediately. To this end, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Due to the recent controversy over the censorship on mobile messenger conversations, as many as 1.67 million users stopped using home-made mobile messengers including KakaoTalk, NateOn, and Line. In contrast, the number of users for “Telegram,” the mobile messenger app developed in Germany, has gained by a large margin. According [...]
Addition and Correction: The number of downloads for a ‘cyber asylum’ in Telegram recorded about 1~1.5 million in the previous week alone, according to the local internet traffic tracking institutes like Ranky.com and other sources available. And the surge in migrating into Telegram has edged out KakaoTalk as No.1 messaging app in South Korea. SEOUL, [...]
![[Quote] Surveillance on KakaoTalk Causes Digital Migration](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/56183_61902_5955.jpg "[Quote] Surveillance on KakaoTalk Causes Digital Migration")
“It is a pity that many messenger app users in Korea have migrated to foreign mobile messenger services. However, we will keep cooperating with prosecutors in case of legitimate investigations since KakaoTalk operates within the South Korean laws.” “I’m aware of what app users are worried about. But KakaoTalk has the top-tier security system. In [...]