The number of emoji subscription purchases on the South Korean messaging app KakaoTalk has dropped by a third over the year, parent firm Kakao said in quarterly earnings call Thursday. It blamed ...

SEOUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - South Korean tech giant Kakao faces growing regulatory heat after the country's president urged a review into its taxi app amid complaints about monopolistic practices ...

South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk from issuing updates. Kakao continued ...

Korean entertainment-tech giant Kakao has launched an offer worth close to $1 billion to buy up one third of SM Entertainment and thwart BTS management firm HYBE Corp. from grabbing control.

HYBE, which owns a 14.8% stake in the competing K-pop company, criticized the tie-up with tech company Kakao as one-sided and harmful to shareholders. By Glenn Peoples In the latest episode of the ...

SEOUL — In South Korea, Kakao is ubiquitous. Nearly everyone, from schoolchildren to the elderly, uses the Korean tech company’s apps for messaging, taxis, navigation and payments. It’s ...

Seoul, South Korea —The billionaire founder of South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp, Kim Beom-su was arrested on Tuesday on accusations of manipulating stocks during the acquisition of a K-Pop ...

SEOUL -- One Saturday afternoon around two years ago, South Koreans were thrown into a panic when internet platform Kakao suddenly stopped its services due to an outage at a data center.