The main reason Korea Maplestory is more popular than Global Maplestory

Isn't JMS hemorrhaging money?

 Quarterly Earnings Q2

(a) Japan
Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2018 amounted to ¥4,581 million (down 30.6% year-over-year),
and segment loss amounted to ¥3,774 million (segment loss of ¥1,851 million for the six months ended June 30,
2017). In Japan, both PC online and mobile game revenues decreased.
http://pdf.irpocket.com/C3659/N9qg/GQh9/IwK5.pdf

I don't believe there are many players in JMS left but I haven't got anything but speculation and rarely see any JMS youtube videos.

Hackers still exist in all regions of the game, even KMS.