KakaoTalk, commonly referred to as KaTalk in South Korea, is a mobile messaging app for smartphones operated by Kakao Corporation.
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11 Facts About KakaoTalk
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The KakaoTalk service allows its users to export their messages and save them.
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KakaoTalk began as a messenger service but has become a platform for the distribution of various third-party content and apps, including hundreds of games, which users can download and play with their friends through the messaging platform.
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Some KakaoTalk users have received notices that their messaging accounts were searched by South Korean authorities.
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Until early-2022, when the South Korean government relaxed COVID-19 laws, KakaoTalk effectively functioned as one of South Korea's digital vaccine passport platforms .
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Since the identitiy of individuals at a venue were available as contact tracing data, KakaoTalk served as a tool for contract tracing by the Korean government until its vaccine passport functionality was discontinued.
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KakaoTalk is available in 15 languages and used in over 130 countries.
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KakaoTalk played an important role as a data network-based communication method; it successfully replaced disabled wired and wireless networks and helped connect the disaster-stricken.
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KakaoTalk has targeted countries in Southeast Asia where no dominant mobile messenger service stands.
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KakaoTalk is forming strategic partnerships in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, as well.
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In 2013, KakaoTalk began airing TV commercials in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam featuring Big Bang.
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