The South Korean tech giant, which operates Kakao Talk, the country's leading messaging service, said Kim will resign from his co-chair position at Kakao's Corporate Alignment Council (CAC).

The number of Kakao Talk users worldwide reaches 145 million as of last month, and is estimated to exceed 35 million in Korea, according to the company. In his speech titled, "Rich Services ...

South Korea's Kakao Bank (K-Bank) is seeking bids for a data center project. The company is looking to construct what would be its fifth data center amid efforts to cut the risk of system failures, ...

First launched in 2010, Kakao Talk has fast become South Korea’s dominant instant messaging app, installed on around 97 percent of all of the nation’s smartphones and boasting an impressive 48 million ...

Kakao CEO Shina Chung (left) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announces a joint venture in a press conference in Seoul, Korea on February 4, 2025. Billionaire Kim Beom-su’s Kakao on Tuesday announced a ...

South Korean IT giant Kakao is once again at the center of deal ... Since the revamp began, talk of offloading noncore subsidiaries has intensified, with many viewing major divestments as inevitable.

The CEO drove the point forward by sharing Kakao Bank’s journey in becoming one of Korea’s major banking services.