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Type of site | Web portal |
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| Available in | Korean |
| Owner | Kakao Corp. |
| URL | daum |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 6.9 million (Mobile MAU) |
| Launched | May 1997; 27 years ago (1997-05) |
| Current status | Online |
| Daum | |
| Hangul | 다음 |
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| Revised Romanization | Daeum |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taŭm |
Daum (Korean:다음) is a South Koreanweb portal. Daum was founded in 1995 and launched on December 20th, 1995 by the companyDaum Communications. It also offers a variety of services, including cloud storage (Daum Cloud), Daum Dictionary (for mobile devices), Daum Comics, and map service (Daum Maps).[1]
Daum Kakao is the company behind the Kakao messaging service and Daum is a Korean web portal with many services.[2]
The former Daum Communications Corporation was founded in 1994 byPark Geon-hee andLee Jae-woong (businessperson), and the company launched the namesake portal in May 1997 making it the first South Korean web portal.[1]
Daum offers various Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-basede-mail,messaging services,shopping, news services.[1]
In 2006, they started ablogging serviceTistory ablogging platform developing company.[3]
Daum company also develops and distributes the freeware media playerPotPlayer.[1]
In addition to its freeware media player (Daum tvPot), Daum Communications Corp. provides a variety of services such as clouding service (Daum Cloud), DaumDictionary (applicable on mobile devices),Daum Comics, and map service (DaumMaps).[4]
Daum has about 874 employees as of March 2009, and was the2nd largest web portal service provider in South Korea in terms of daily visits.[5]
In 2014, Daum merged withKakao Corp. (at that time known as Kakao Inc.), known as the maker ofKakaoTalk, to formDaum Kakao.[6]
The popularity of Daum stems from the range of services it offers, but also from the fact that it was the first Korean web portal of significant size. Daum popularity started when it merged with the then most popular e-mail service,daum.net orhanmail.net.[1]
After the merging, Daum started the forum serviceDaum Cafe which brought it firm status in the market. Daum received the eighth-highest trust rating in a 2020Reuters Institute survey of selected South Korean media outlets.[10]
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