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[Press Release - Indonesia]

 

KakaoTalk Asian Dream Cup 2014 in Indonesia!

 

        ·   Park Ji-Sung and friends, including international football players, Korean celebrities and Running Man members, will have a friendly match with the Indonesian all-star team

        ·   A total of 5,100 tickets will be given away to KakaoTalk users on Android, iOS, and BlackBerry, through four different ways starting May 19 to the D-day of event on June 2

 

[Jakarta, Indonesia – May 19, 2014] “Celebrate the joy of sharing and togetherness with Kakao at the KakaoTalk Asian Dream Cup 2014 in Indonesia!”

 

Kakao today announced its partnership with Park Ji-Sung Foundation (JS Foundation) for the KakaoTalk Asian Dream Cup 2014 Indonesia that will be held on June 2, 2014 at Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta stadium. Kakao will participate as the event’s main sponsor, fully supportive of JS Foundation’s mission to deliver hope and support to Indonesian young talented football players.

 

On the D-day, the Korea team will line-up Park Ji-Sung, other international football players like Manchester United’s Rio Ferdinand, Mark Van Bommel, and Japan’s football legend, Miura Kazuyoshi, and also Korean celebrities like SHINee’s Choi Minho, and seven members of the popular variety show Running Man, Yoo Jae-Suk, Gary, Haha, Ji Suk-Jin, Kim Jong-Kook, Lee Kwang-Soo and Song Ji-Hyo. The Korea team will have a friendly match with Indonesia’s all-star team, supported by Bambang Pamungkas, Firman Utina, and Ponaryo Astaman, among many other talented names.

 

As the main sponsor of the event, Kakao will give away a total of 5,100 free VIP, A, B, C and regular tickets in four different ways. First, 2,300 free tickets will be given away through Kakao Asian Dream Cup Plus Friend account, opened last Friday, through which  Android and iOS users can participate in a daily raffle starting May 19 to May 29. During the same period, all BlackBerry users will also receive a Plus Friend message from KakaoTalk’s official account, asking them to fill in a form if they want to enter into the raffle. 500 tickets will be given away to BlackBerry users and the winners will be announced on May 29. Second, on the weekend before the match, Kakao will open three booths at Grand Indonesia, Gandaria City and Kota Kasablanka where 1,200 tickets will be given away to KakaoTalk users through on-spot booth activities. Third, on the D-day of the event, Kakao will give away 1,000 tickets to KakaoTalk users on first come first served basis at the stadium. Last, as a gratitude to its loyal users, Kakao will select 100 users who will get VIP tickets based on their previous usage of KakaoTalk.

 

“Sports have always been the best way to bring people together regardless of their age, race, and gender, and Kakao is delighted to be a supporter for a massive event that brings this element and be part of this good purpose to help Indonesian young talented football players,” said Kate Sohn, Vice President of Global Business Development at Kakao Corp.

 

Asian Dream Cup is a charity football game hosted by JS Foundation with the purpose of improving football environment in Southeast Asia. All of the revenue generated from the event will be utilized to build football infrastructure and provide educational and financial support to young and talented football players in Indonesia.

 

 

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