No, Kakao is not a Chinese company.
Kakao Corporation, a South Korean internet giant, has evolved from a messaging app to a comprehensive digital ecosystem. Its primary service, KakaoTalk, launched in 2010, has achieved widespread adoption, serving approximately 48 million monthly active users in South Korea as of June 2025.
KakaoTalk is the most used messaging app in Korea, 99% of Koreans use it regularly. Since October last year it is possible to make a company page for free in KakaoTalk.
Ratings by category
Kakao has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.
In 2019, the revenue of the largest chaebol, Samsung, was worth about 17% of the South Korean GDP with the company holding billions of dollars in cash. In 2023, the revenue of the top four chaebols (Samsung, SK, Hyundai, and LG) was 40.8% of the South Korean GDP, and the top thirty chaebol were 76.9% of GDP.
Most of Kakao's profits are in the form of brokerage fees and ad sales in game-related businesses.
According to its Q2 2025 numbers, KakaoTalk, the South Korean super-app, had 54.27 million MAUs globally as of December 2024 – sustaining its continuous growth over the last two years. KakaoTalk is mostly used in South Korea where it's by far the most popular messaging app in the country.
Security and Encryption- KakaoTalk uses strong encryption protocols to keep messages and media safe and private. Desktop Access - Users can sync their Kakaotalk account with their desktops.
Yes — foreigners can use Kakao Taxi easily.
Telegram is owned by its founders: Pavel Durov and Nikolai Durov. The two brothers founded Telegram back in 2013 while they were still residing in Russia.
Brian Kim, who is now worth $13.4bn, upended Samsung's heir to become Korea's wealthiest man.
Lee Jae-yong (Korean: 이재용; born June 23, 1968) is a South Korean business executive who is the chairman of Samsung since October 2022. In 2017, Lee was convicted of bribery, embezzlement, and concealment of criminal proceeds. He served a prison sentence until being pardoned by President Yoon Suk Yeol in August 2022.
South Korea's preference for KakaoTalk, developed by the domestic Kakao Corp, follows a similar nationalistic trend. The Korean government prioritises user data security, making them wary of foreign-owned platforms like WeChat and LINE. The government actively promotes KakaoTalk to strengthen its domestic popularity.
Initially a musical subculture popular in South Korea during the 1990s, Korean Pop, or K-pop, has transformed into a global cultural phenomenon.
KakaoTalk was blocked in China in July 2014 to prevent the alleged circulation of "terrorism-related" information, the Seoul-based daily reported. However, it remains to be confirmed if the block has been permanently lifted.
South Korea's 52-hour work rule caps most employees' weekly working hours at 52, consisting of 40 standard hours plus 12 allowed overtime hours, aiming to reduce overwork, improve work-life balance, and boost productivity by ending excessively long workweeks previously common in the country. Implemented in phases for different company sizes, this law applies to a seven-day week, including weekends, and was a major revision to the Labor Standards Act, phasing in from 2018 to 2021 for most businesses.
The service was created by WhatsApp Inc. of Mountain View, California, which was acquired by Facebook in February 2014 for approximately US$19.3 billion.
You don't need a Korean mobile phone number to use KakaoTalk – but many functions like # and shopping / gifting may not work without a Korean phone number. Also, always back up your chats if you change numbers / device etc!
HYBE Labels and JYP Entertainment Leads the KPOP COMPANIES with the Highest Profit Margins since 2020's and remains the 2 Richest Kpop Labels in 2023! HYBE Labels skyrockets into an Operating Profit of KW237 Billion Won or ($178M USD!) in 2023— making it the Richest and profitable Kpop Label in All of KPOP INDUSTRY.
Holland is known as "the first openly gay K-pop idol". He is an only child. His parents found out about his sexuality after he discussed it in an interview.
As of 2020, Samsung is the most valuable Asian brand and the largest company in Asia. Notable Samsung Group companies include: • Samsung Electronics (the world's largest information technology company, consumer electronics maker and chipmaker.
Among salaried wage earners, the top 1 percent made an average of 331.3 million won -- 703.54 percent more than average salary earners.
Companies under South Korea's five largest conglomerates -- Samsung, SK, Hyundai Motor, LG and HD Hyundai -- account for more than half of the country's stock market value after a blistering semiconductor rally that sent the benchmark Kospi index past 4,000 for the first time, industry data showed Tuesday.