Koreans are avid users of emoticons on mobile chats, and an interesting trend here is that popular emoticons are mostly characters with made-up life stories behind each of them. According to Kakao ...
What do hot K-pop stars, such as TVXQ, EXO and Girl’s Day, and superheroes of the upcoming Hollywood film “Avengers: the Age of Ultron” have in common? They have all been made into mobile emoticons on ...
Kakao, the operator of South Korea's most popular chat app KakaoTalk, has unveiled a new family of emoticon characters, its first in five years. There are seven characters in the new NINIZ (pronounced ...
In the instant messenger era, KakaoTalk is Korea’s most popular instant messenger. It provides various humorous chat icons, especially the “KakaoTalk Friends” series including Apeach, Frodo and Neo.