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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean authorities arrested Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao Corp on Tuesday, on accusations of manipulating stocks during the acquisition of a K-Pop ...
South Korean authorities arrested Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao Corp, on Tuesday on accusations of stock manipulation during the acquisition of a K-Pop agency last year.
South Korean prosecutors said that they had arrested Kim Beom-su, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao, over alleged stock price manipulation. The case relates to the company’s takeover ...
Kim Beom-soo (Korean: 김범수; born March 8, 1966), also known as Brian Kim, is a South Korean billionaire businessman who is the founder and chairman of Kakao, a South Korean internet company. [2] He is among the richest people in South Korea.
23 July – Kim Beom-soo, the head of Kakao, is arrested in Seoul on charges of manipulating the stock prices of K-pop firm SM Entertainment to ensure his takeover of the latter. [49] 24 July – A balloon from North Korea carrying rubbish lands on the Presidential Residence in Yongsan, Seoul. [50]
Kakao Corp is the company behind KakaoTalk, which serves as its main platform and flagship application. It was founded in 2006 by Kim Bum-soo, the former CEO of NHN Corporation (the organization that emerged from the Hangame and Naver.com merger) as Kakao Inc. [10] Kakao Corp. (then known as Kakao Inc.) is based in Seoul, South Korea.
The Kakao founder, who is also known as Brian Kim, was arrested last month and has been detained since. He is seen as a visionary in South Korea's digital industry for building Kakao's group of ...
A South Korean court began reviewing on Monday a prosecution request for a warrant to arrest Brian Kim, the billionaire founder of tech giant Kakao Corp, on accusations of stock manipulation ...