SEOUL, Sept 11 (Bloomberg): Kakao Corp and its listed subsidiaries have lost more than US$16 billion in market value this month as South Korea ramps up its own version of tech crackdowns.
Kakao itself has shed nearly US$10 billion as foreign and local institutional investors dumped the stock after prominent lawmakers called the nation’s biggest messaging and social media service a "a symbol of greed.”
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