After beating Google, South Korea's Naver goes global with messaging app Line


  • TECH
  • Monday, 07 Jul 2014

SEOUL: The billionaire founder of web portal operator Naver Corp beat back Google Inc to leave South Korea one of few countries where the US search engine does not dominate. 

Now, Lee Hae-jin is stepping onto the world stage with Line, a messaging app developed by a subsidiary in Japan to overcome downed communications after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. 

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