Daum (web portal)

Daum
Type of site
Web portal
Available inKorean
OwnerKakao Corp.
URLdaum.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
Users6.9 million (Mobile MAU)
LaunchedMay 1997 (1997-05)
Current statusOnline
Daum
Hangul
다음
Revised RomanizationDaeum
McCune–ReischauerTaŭm

Daum (Korean: 다음) is a South Korean web portal. It offers various Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging services, shopping, news services. The word "Daum" means "next" and also "diverse voices" in Korean.[1]

After competing with Naver in the 2000s and 2010s, it has undergone a extended period of decline after its merger with Kakao in 2014, leading to the slow phasing-out of the Daum name in various services, including changing its name from Daum Kakao to Kakao, the migration of its accounts to Kakao accounts, and the closure or renaming into Kakao-branded services of various services, such as Kakao Webtoon (formerly Daum Webtoon) and KakaoTV (formerly Daum PotPlayer).[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Daum Corporate Identity info page". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-05-07.

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