Daum () is a South Korean web portal. Daum was founded in 1995 and launched on December 20th, 1995 by the company Daum Communications. It also offers a variety of services, including cloud storage (Daum Cloud), Daum Dictionary (for mobile devices), Daum Comics, and map service (Daum Maps).
thumb|right|Statue in front of Daum Space.
Daum Kakao is the company behind the Kakao messaging service and Daum is a Korean web portal with many services.
History
The former Daum Communications Corporation was founded in 1994 by Park Geon-hee and Lee Jae-woong, and the company launched the namesake portal in May 1997 making it the first South Korean web portal.
Daum company also develops and distributes the freeware media player PotPlayer.
Daum has about 874 employees as of March 2009, and was the 2nd largest web portal service provider in South Korea in terms of daily visits.
In 2014, Daum merged with Kakao Corp. (at that time known as Kakao Inc.), known as the maker of KakaoTalk, to form Daum Kakao.
Logos
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File:Daum Communications logo (1997–2000).png|1995–2000
File:Daum Communications logo (2000–2010).svg|2000–2010
File:Daum Communications logo (2010–2013).svg|2010–2013
File:Daum logo (2013–2025).svg|2013–2025
File:Daum logo (2025–2026).svg|2025–2026
File:Daum logo (2026–).svg|2026– (current)
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Service
Daum Mail
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. Daum popularity started when it merged with the then most popular e-mail service, daum.net or hanmail.net.
See also
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- Search engine
- Timeline of web search engines
- Comparison of web search engines
- Tistory