South Korea is trying to ease worries about online privacy after a domestic chat app lost customers to a foreign rival because of fears prosecutors in one the world's most wired countries might get access to online conversations.
Prosecutors last month launched a cyber investigation team after President Park Geun-hye spoke out against online rumours that she said "crossed the line" and were deepening divisions in society.
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