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Korean internet giant Naver eyes North America, Europe as it grows its C2C marketplace business • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 26, 2022Posted in Commerce, EC Consumer Applications, EC Ecommerce and D2C, Naver, Poshmark, south koreaNo Comments

Did you know that Google isn’t the top search engine in South Korea? It’s not even a close second. Most Koreans actually prefer Naver for various reasons, and they like it so much that the search engine holds about 56% of the market, per Statista. Google is catching up, but it currently only has about […]

Shares of Korean internet giant Kakao slide after fire disrupts service • ZebethMedia

By zebethcontrolPosted on October 17, 2022Posted in Apps, Asia, Government & Policy, Kakao, Naver, south koreaNo Comments

The stock price of South Korea’s internet giant Kakao tumbled on Monday after a fire at a data center that cut off power on Saturday, causing several service malfunctions. The blaze at the SK C&C data center, which houses the servers of Korea’s two largest internet companies — Kakao and Naver — disrupted Kakao’s messaging, […]