Daum (web portal)

Daum (Korean: 다음) is a South Korean web portal. It offers many Internet services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging service, forums, shopping, news and webtoon service. The word "daum" means "next", but it can also be interpreted as Hanja "多音", meaning "many sounds".[1]

Daum
Type of site
Web portal
Available inKorean
OwnerKakao Corp.
URLwww.daum.net
CommercialYes
RegistrationOptional
LaunchedMay 1997 (1997-05)
Current statusOnline
Daum
Hangul
다음
Hanja
多音
Revised RomanizationDaeum
McCune–ReischauerTaŭm

Background

The popularity of Daum stems from the range of services it offers, but also from the fact that it was the first Korean web portal of significant size. Its popularity started when it merged with the then most popular e-mail service, daum.net or hanmail.net. After the merging, Daum started the forum service Daum Cafe which brought its firm status in the market. The term cafe and even internet cafe (different from what is supposed to refer to in Western usage) is now used as the synonym for "Internet forum" in Korean.

History

From 2003, Daum started on-line direct automobile insurance by launching the subsidiary 'Daum Direct Auto Insurance' and from 2008, it became a partnership company with ERGO Insurance Group.

On August 2, 2004 Daum announced the purchase of Lycos for $95.4 million, and closed the transaction on October 6.[2] As part of a corporate restructuring to focus on mobile, social networks and location-based services, Daum sold Lycos for $36 million in August 2010 to Ybrant Digital, an internet marketing company based in Hyderabad, India.[3]

In 2006, they started a blogging service Tistory with 'Tatter and Company',[4] a blogging platform developing company and in July 2007, Daum took over all rights to manage the services.

The company also develops and distributes the freeware media player PotPlayer. In addition to its freeware media player (Daum tvPot), Daum Communications Corp. provides variety of services such as clouding service (Daum Cloud), Daum Dictionary (applicable on mobile devices), Daum Comics, and map service (Daum Maps).

Daum has about 874 employees as of March, 2009 and is the 2nd largest web portal service provider in South Korea in terms of daily visits. [5]

In 2014, Daum merged with Kakao Corp. (at that time known as Kakao Inc.), known as the maker of KakaoTalk, to form Daum Kakao.[6]

Daum Webtoon

Daum Webtoon (Hangul: 다음 웹툰), is a webtoon (webcomic) platform launched by Daum Corporation in South Korea in February, 2003. These days, there are many k-dramas that are motivated by these webcomics like Line Webtoon.[7]

Title Author Format Premiere Notes Reference
26 Years
(26년)		 Kang Full Film November 29, 2012 Invent Stone Corp.
Chungeorahm Film		 [8]
Amazing Rumor
(경이로운 소문)		 Jang Yi TV series November 28, 2020 Broadcast on OCN [9]
Apt
(아파트)		 Kang Full Film July 6, 2006 Toilet Pictures [10]
Aridong Last Cowboy
(아리동 라스트 카우보이)		 Zephy TV Special August 14, 2010 Broadcast on KBS 2TV [11]
Film November 29, 2017 AD406 [12]
Love Story
(순정만화)		 Kang Full Film November 27, 2008 Lets Films
MNFC
Cheong-a-ram		 [13]
Covertly, Gloriously
(은밀하게 위대하게)		 Hun Film June 5, 2013 Showbox/Mediaplex [14]
Fists of Legend
(전설의 주먹)		 Lee Jong-gyu and Lee Yoon-gyun Film April 10, 2013 Cinema Service [15]
Fool
(바보)		 Kang Full Film February 28, 2008 Wire to Wire Film [16]
I Love You
(그대를 사랑합니다)		 Kang Full Film February 17, 2011 Next Entertainment World [17]
TV series April 16, 2012 Broadcast on SBS F!L [18]
Love Story
(순정만화)		 Kang Full Film November 27, 2008 Lets Films
MNFC
Cheong-a-ram		 [19]
Misaeng
(미생)		 Yoon Tae-ho TV series October 17, 2014 Broadcast on tvN [20]
Moss
(이끼)		 Yoon Tae-ho Film July 14, 2010 Cinema Service [21]
Neighbor
(이웃사람)		 Kang Full Film August 23, 2012 Lotte Entertainment [22]
Pained
(통증)		 Kang Full Film September 7, 2011 Lotte Entertainment [8]
Steel Rain
(강철비)		 Woo-Suk Yang and Zephy Film December 14, 2017 Mofac & Alfred [23]
Film July 29, 2020 [23]
The 5ive Hearts
(더 파이브)		 Jeong Yeon-shik Film November 14, 2013 Cinema Service
KT Media Hub		 [24]
The Great Catsby
(위대한 캣츠비)		 Doha Kang and Kim Seung-jin TV series July 4, 2007 Broadcast on tvN [25]
The Insiders
(내부자들)		 Yoon Tae-ho Film November 19, 2015 Showbox [26]
Timing
(타이밍)		 Kang Full Animated Film December 10, 2015 Hyoin Entertainment [27]
Twin Tops Bar
(쌍갑포차)		 Bae Hye-soo TV series May 20, 2020 Broadcast on JTBC [28]

Security warning

The e-mail address ceos1[@]daum[.]net; is currently (Jun 2019) being used by the London Blue group of cybercriminals in a business email compromise scam.[29] [30] [31]

See also

References
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