NHN Corp is a leading Internet Company in Korea operating the nation's top search portal Naver and online game portal Hangame.
Naver (www.naver.com) has grown into the Korea's most visited search portal with ground-breaking service initiatives, such as 'Unified Search' and 'Knowledge iN' as well as Mail, Blog and Cafes (online communities), Shopping, Real-time Rising Keywords, Dictionary, Local information and many other services adding convenience to everyday lives. In January 2009, Naver introduced its open information platform, such as 'OpenCast' and 'NewsCast' on its re-launched starting page. Naver is known to be connected in over 165 countries around the world and was ranked 5th in terms of search queries among global Internet search engines by US Internet market survey company Comscore in 2007.
Hangame (www.hangame.com) is Korea's largest online game portal providing games in various genres ranging from web-board, casual, action, FPS, RPG games. Based on outstanding game development capability, Hangame develops and services various online games such as GoStop, Poker, Yutnori, Baduk, and successfully published leading on-line games including Turbine's 'The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar' and Capcom's 'Monster Hunter Frontier Online'.
NHN has developed a new business model based on its key services: search and games. We are generating stable growth backed by various income structures, introducing search advertisements which expose information related to specific keywords in search results. It was the first in the world to feature fee-based premium services that add value and convenience to free games through extra features. In 2008, NHN surpassed annual revenue of 1 trillion won and continues to post strong revenue growth and the highest net profit ratio among Internet companies in Korea.
Kim, Sang-Hun
June, 1999

Search Portal Naver (www.naver.com)
Game Portal Hangame (www.hangame.com)
9th FL. Venture Town Bldg., 25-1, Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Search, Game, Banner Ads, E-Commerce, etc.

(2008)		 Revenue 1,208 billion won
Operating Income 491 billion won
June Incorporated Navercom;launched search portal "Naver"
June Launched children's portal "Jr.Naver"
December Launched game portal "Hangame"
July Merged Hangame Communications and One-Cue; and acquired Search Solutions
September Established Hangame Japan
September Changed the corporate name to NHN(Next Human Network)
October Listed on KOSDAQ(Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations)
October Hangame Japan changed the company name to NHN Japan
December Acquired digital content transmission technology company Future Valley
April Ranked No.1 on KOSDAQ in market capitalization
June Launched Ourgame Joint venture company with Sea Rainbow Holdings Corporation in China
September Established game development studio NHN Games
July Launched online donation portal "Happybean"
July Incorporated NHN USA
August Established Internet service management company NHN Services
June Acquired search company '1noon'
October Acquired data storage management solution company Datachorus
May NHN USA started official services of game portal "ijji.com"
June Established game studio NPLUTO
November Established Naver Japan
December Established NHST(Next Human Search Technology)
March Incorporated NHN Taiwan
November Transferred to KOSPI(Korea Composite Stock Price Index)
February Awarded for Excellence in the field of Digital Information Technology by Hankyoreh Daily
May Korea Management Association Consulting names Naver.com as Korea's top search portal
December Awarded the Internet Grand Prize for Top Search Portal by Chosun Ilbo
June Awarded the Internet Grand Prix of Entertainment Award by New Business Management
May Hangame won the 1st place for 'The Best Web Awards, Game Division' (KMAC)
September Awarded for excellence in privacy protection by the Korea Association of Information and Telecommunication(KAIT)
December Awarded Grand Prize, 'Top Internet Company of the Year'
(Korea Internet Corporations Association, Journalist Association of Korea)
December Awarded the Grand Prize for Best Internet Company of Year by the Korea Internet Corporations Association and Journalist Association of Korea
March Naver ranked No.1 among search portals by NCSI(National Customers Satisfaction Index)
July Awarded the Grand Prize among 2003 Korean Technology Fast 50 (Deloitte Consulting)
August Ranked as No.1 search portal by Korea Service-Quality Index (Korean Standards Association)
December Naver's "Knowledge Search" service is selected as one of the "Hits of the Year," a list compiled by Joongang Ilbo and Samsung Economic Research Institute
December Received Presidential Award for Contribution to the Advancement of Korean Software Industry
August Ranked No.1 search portal by the Korea Service-Quality Index
(Korean Standards Association)
December Awarded Gold Prize, 'Web Award Korea 2004, Game Division' (Web Award Committee)
March Awarded Namoo Prize, 'I-People Award' (joins.com)
June Awarded the Grand Prize for Best Internet Company of the year (New Business Management)
June Named 'Korean Brand Star, Portal Division' (Brand Stock)
September Won the 1st Place, 'Korean Standard-Service Quality Index, Internet Portal Division' for third consecutive year (Korea Standards Association)
October Awarded 'CEO Who Brightens Korea', Talent Management Division (Korea Economy, Seoul National University Academics and Industry Cooperation Foundation)
November Won Grand Prize, 'Korean IR Awards' (Korea IR Association)
December Granted the Grand Prize in social contribution by IMI
December Granted the Grand Prize in social contribution by IMI
December Selected as the Internet Company of the Year by Kinternet, the association of online-based businesses
January Received the Grand Prize for platform operation for casual online games by the General Administration of Press and Publication of PRC
June Awarded the Best Kosdaq listed Company Award (KOSDAQ Listed Companies Association)
June Naver acquired 'Good Design' mark (Korea Institute of Design Promotion)
September Won the 1st place, 'Korean Standard-Service Quality Index, Internet Portal Division' for 4th consecutive year (Korea Standards Association)
October Hangame won the 1st place in 'National Brand Competitive Index (NBCI), Game Portal Division' for 2nd straight year (Korea Productivity Center)
April Presented the 2007 Award for Excellence in Gender Equality Employment. Awarded by the president. (Ministry of Labor)
November Awarded Presidential Prize, 'Korea Internet Awards'
(Ministry of Information and Communication)
November Awarded Grand Prize, 'Korean IR Awards' (Korea IR Association)
December Selected 'Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific' for 5th consecutive year (Deloitte Consulting)
December Awarded Grand Prize, 'Web Award Korea 2007' (Web Award Committee)
December Awarded 1st Prize for 'Cyberethics Index Evaluation, Portal Division'
(Government Youth Commission)
February Named in '60 CMT Shareholder Performance Index' (Oliver Wyman)
February Named 'Korea's Most Admired Companies 2008, All-Star 3'
(Korean Management Association Consulting)
March Naver ranked top in 'National Customers Satisfaction Index(NCSI), Search Portal Service Division' for 3th consecutive year (Korea Productivity Center)
April NHN named in 'Global 2000' (Forbes)
September NHN named in 'Asia50' (Businessweek)
November Awarded the 1st prize for '2008 Korea Design Awards, InDesign Management Division'
(Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea Institute of Design Promotion)
December NHN ranked the 5th in '2008 Most Profitable Companies in ternet Service' (Newsweek)