Similar to WeChat in China or Line in Japan, the app has seeped into almost every aspect of public life in Korea since being launched in 2010 by former Samsung SDS worker Brian Kim. Government adoption has boosted its usage, with Koreans allowed to pay bills and taxes on it. — Reuters
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the government to support the recovery of full operations at the nation’s biggest mobile messenger and the top portal website after a power outage disrupted some services for hours.
"I feel a very heavy heart for the inconvenience and damage experienced by people,” he said, according to a statement from his office. Yoon asked the science minister to personally oversee the recovery after an SK C&C data centre housing Kakao Corp and Naver Corp servers was hit by a fire on Saturday.
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