[yongjik]

It's jointly owned by Naver and Softbank. A few months ago, there was a public outcry in Korea when the Japanese government threatened to twist Naver's arm to give up its share of Line, and South Korea's inexplicably pro-Japanese government stayed mum. With both governments enjoying abysmal public support, I have no idea how it will eventually be settled.

[shiroiushi]

I wonder why Koreans care: they don't use LINE anyway, AFAIK. They all use KakaoTalk.

[yongjik]

Why wouldn't Koreans care? We're talking about 50% ownership of a messaging platform that's de facto standard in multiple Asian countries. Imagine the UK government trying to force Google to sell DeepMind.

[shiroiushi]

>Why wouldn't Koreans care?

Because they don't use it.

>We're talking about 50% ownership of a messaging platform that's de facto standard in multiple Asian countries

Yeah, except Korea. If they think it's so great, why aren't they using it themselves? It seems hypocritical.

>Imagine the UK government trying to force Google to sell DeepMind.

Does Google or anyone in the US actually use DeepMind? If so, that's a poor analogy.

[onetokeoverthe]

s.korea is pro japan.

=. better than china.

[onetokeoverthe]

So s korea should favor the country that boycotts them for random hurt feelings?