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Hello! 😊 When you come to Korea, isn’t it surprising that everyone only uses KakaoTalk? 📱 Actually, there are very natural and fun reasons why Koreans use KakaoTalk! I'll explain it in an easy-to-understand way! ✨

In Korea KakaoTalkis not just a messenger, it is almost ‘Essential platform for daily life’! I've summarized why that happened in a few points. 😉

• 1. Early overwhelming first-mover effect 🚀
  When KakaoTalk first came out, the cost of text messaging was quite expensive. But KakaoTalk Free, it quickly spread across the country! My friends, family, and even co-workers all use KakaoTalk, so I couldn't not use it.
• 2. The all-purpose solution to Korean life 💳
  This is a really big reason! In KakaoTalk Kakao Pay (remittance/payment), Kakao Taxi (taxi call), Kakao gifting All the same functions are included. It's so convenient for Korean people because you can send a gift via KakaoTalk on your friend's birthday without having to go to the department store, and you can call a taxi right away when you're on the move! 🎁🚕
• 3. Powerful ecosystem 🔗
  Many services in Korea require you to log in with your KakaoTalk account. It's not easy to give up this convenience because you can do it all with just one KakaoTalk ID without having to register individually! 🔑

Then WhatsAppIna LINE? 🤔

Actually, WhatsApp is in Korea. 'When contacting overseas'me ‘When talking to foreign friends’is used a lot! However, Korean people do not seem to want to waste energy using two messengers because all social relationships are already tied to KakaoTalk. 😂 In the case of Line, it was used for a while in Korea at first, but then lost its place to KakaoTalk, and instead grew tremendously in Japan and Southeast Asia! 🌏

In summary, for Koreans, KakaoTalk is more of a messenger than a messenger. "A square in your smartphone where you start and end your day." Same thing! 🏢 Now do you understand why all Koreans use KakaoTalk? Next time, you and I, let’s have more interesting conversations through KakaoTalk! Okay? 🥰✨