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Kakao Mobility set to make transport easier for difficult destinations with its Kakao T Bike
Kakao Mobility will begin the pilot service of Kakao T Bike, a short-distance transportation service. The T Bike can be...
Kakao, Recruiting Beta Testers for ‘Chatbot Order’
Kakao made an announcement on the 26th that it is going to provide ‘Chatbot Order’, a simple ordering solution that...
Kakao, Support for Resource Recovery of Domestic Native Plants with “Smart Farm”
Kakao supports for resource recovery of domestic native plants utilizing ‘Smart Farm’ which grafts IT onto agriculture. Kakao, on the...
Korean Foodtech Open The Table Wins $1.16M USD in Investment
Open The Table (CEO Lee Dong-eun) which provides a shared kitchen space and HMR (Home Meal Replacement) service made an...
Mobiletoong, a Travel Wallet operator, attracts $0.17M USD in investment from Kakao Ventures
Kakao Ventures (CEO Jung Shin-ah) made an announcement on the 28th that it has invested $0.17M USD (200 million won)...
Drink Starbucks with Kakao Pay
Kakao Pay and Starbucks Coffee Korea announced on the 23rd that they will introduce Kakao Pay's payment service to Starbucks...
Kakao Ventures Invests $500,000 in ‘Spatial’. U.S. AR Solution
Kakao Ventures made an announcement on the 23rd that it invested $500,000 (about 565.5 million KRW) into a U.S. startup...
Kakao Pay achieved $17.7B USD in annual turnover last year
Kakao Pay made an announcement on the 21st that it made $17.7B USD (20 trillion KRW) in annual sales last...
Kakao Halts Carpool Service. Taxi Industry Still Doesn’t Respond
The government expect the continuation of dialogue between the entrenched taxi industry and Kakao, despite the Korean tech company suddenly announcing the...
Zero Pay goes straight to the main business with problems. Acquisition of a business plan and disclosure
South Korean Government is going to finalize and push for Zero Pay (Simple-payment for small business). However, it is still...
KakaoMobility Cooperates with ‘No Ride Refusing’ Taxi Company
Kakao Mobility has partnered up with Tago-solution, a taxi company. The two companies announced on January 3 that they signed...
Korean Tech’s Kakao Bank Floats to the Clouds
Kakao Bank is going to fully introduce Cloud services to all of its businesses with the purpose of improving convenience...
Korean Tech Payment Services at Arms in ‘QR War’
Using QR codes to pay for goods is expected to become a hit in Korea after seeing Kakao Pay's success. Seoul Metropolitan...
Kakao Works with SMEs
Kakao's mobile ecosystem has shown that partners in various fields are generating business opportunities and new revenue. Kakao made an...
Kakao Concedes to Taxi Revolt and Dampens Ridesharing Promotion
On a day when the taxi industry held a large rally against Kakao's carpool, Kakao Mobility, Kakao hosted a promotion...
Taxi Union Strikes, Kakao Hits with “Carpool, Get Free”
The domestic taxi industry starts its strike to fight against the newly unveiled ride share app, KakaoT, on Tuesday 20th....
Kakaopage Targets Southeast Asia by Acquiring Indonesia’s Top Webtoon Business
KakaoPage made an announcement on the 18th that it has become the biggest shareholder of Indonesia's contents company Neobazar. Neobazar,...
Samsung Fights Messaging Services for Market Share
Samsung, among the communication service providers SKT and KT, are rethinking their messaging services to pull users from popular messaging...
