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Tech company scrambles to keep users on KakaoTalk as profits slide
The KakaoTalk app boasts 50 million users, well over 90% of South Korea’s population. © Reuters
NAMI MATSUURA
October 4, 2025 06:23 JST
SEOUL — South Korean internet group Kakao has given its flagship app the biggest revamp ever, pinning its hopes on generative artificial intelligence as a way to break out of slow growth, though the initial reception has been mixed.