Daum (Korean: 다음) is the most popular web portal in South Korea. It is the fourth most popular website in the world, according to Alexa. It offers a number of web services to web users, including a popular free web-based e-mail, messaging service, forums, shopping or news.
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The popularity of Daum is a reflection of the high level of internet use in South Korea. The country has the highest level of broadband users. The computer and internet access are more widespread in South Korea than in other countries.
The popularity of Daum stems from the range of services it offers, but also because it was the first Korean webportal of significant size. Its popularity started when they merged with the then most popular e-mail service, hanmail.net. After the merging, daum started the forum service cafe which brought its firm status in the market. The term cafe is now used as the synonym for internet forum in Korean.
DaumCommunicationsCorporation is one of the leading Internet, media and e-commerce destinations in Korea, with a growing presence throughout the Asian markets, and the parent company of Lycos, Inc. Wired news content is translated daily into Korean, as well as Japanese, which is unique to most online news organizations.
Lycos was acquired by Korean DaumCommunications Corp. in October 2004 and has its U.S. headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts.
DaumCommunications Corp. is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, http://www.daum.net/.
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