Korean mobile messaging service Kakao is updating the Plus Friend advertising platform built into its Kakao Talk app with dedicated homepages and custom design tools aimed at brands and celebrities.

The most popular messaging app in South Korea is called KakaoTalk. It offers an array of free call and text messaging services. It also has the ability to share photos, videos and other information.

Kakao, the developer of mobile messenger app “Kakao Talk,” said Sunday that its now 70 million users spend almost triple the time using the app on average as they did five months ago. The average ...

There’s something about messaging in Asia. Today, Korean mobile messaging service Kakao Talk announced it has passed 100 million registered, becoming the latest messenger in the region to pass the ...

Kakao is preparing a new version of 'Friend Talk' that allows businesses (corporations) to send advertising messages without adding friends (channels) on KakaoTalk. On the 5th, according to industry ...

King has taken its hugely popular Candy Crush Saga to the Kakao Talk mobile messaging platform in South Korea. The move is significant because Kakao Talk, a mobile messaging platform that has replaced ...

Kakao has started compensating businesses and its KakaoTalk messenger users for last October's data center fire. On December 29, Kakao announced a damage support plan with the ‘1015 Damage Support ...

The number of Kakao Talk users is expected to break the 100 million mark this month, three years and three months after its launch in 2010. There were some 95 million Kakao Talk users as of June 4.

Kakao Talk, a mobile messenger application downloaded by almost all smartphone users here, is successfully expanding its business scope by making full use of its huge user base. The venture company is ...

Daum Kakao, the newly merged Korean entity behind Kakao Talk, has introduced a new end-to-end encryption feature on the chat app following controversy around user data in recent months. The company is ...

Kakao announced on the 16th that it will change the name of its service to 'Talk Deal' six years after launching 'KakaoTalk Shopping' in 2018. Talk Deal is expected to expand various deal benefits, ...