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Losing Faith in the Government, Netizen Develops Earthquake Alert System

Losing Faith in the Government, Netizen Develops Earthquake Alert System

SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Worries over earthquakes are higher than ever in South Korea after another 4.5-magnitude aftershock struck Gyeongju Monday, a week after a record 5.8-magnitude earthquake thumped the same region.  Amid the fears, however, Koreans are losing faith in the government’s earthquake alert system, with the Ministry of Public Safety and [...]

Gangnam Police Turn to Alternative Messenger App

Gangnam Police Turn to Alternative Messenger App

SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Following the instructions of Jeong Tae-jin, chief of the Seoul Gangnam Police Station, the executives at the station all signed up for a mobile messenger called “Telegram”, which features enhanced security measures. According to CBS Nocut News, a local daily news, Chief Jeong directed the executives to use Telegram instead of [...]

Korean Cyber Asylum Seekers in Telegram in Sharp Surge Recording 2.6 Mil.

Korean Cyber Asylum Seekers in Telegram in Sharp Surge Recording 2.6 Mil.

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 [...]

Home-made Mobile Messenger User Number Falls 1.7 Mil.in a Week

Home-made Mobile Messenger User Number Falls 1.7 Mil.in a Week

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 [...]

Telegram Prepares for Its Full-scale Korean Service

Telegram Prepares for Its Full-scale Korean Service

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, [...]