Summary
NHN Corporation, an IT company, provides gaming, payment, entertainment, IT, and advertisement solutions in South Korea and internationally. It offers PAYCO, a payment service for online and offline stores; and NHN KCP, an integrated e-payment service. The company also provides comico, a Webtoon platform; Bugs, a music portal operating music streaming and online music distribution business; Ticketlink, a concert, culture, and sports ticket booking service; and Doctortour, a travel service that offers various travel packages. In addition, it offers Shop by, an online shopping mall solution, Godomall 5, an e-commerce solution for small and medium sized markets, TOAST, an integrated cloud solution; TOAST Cam, a smart cloud IP camera; TOAST File, a personal cloud service that helps file storage and management; and TOAST Cloud Center, a cloud data center. Further, the company provides NHN ACE, an integrated advertisement and marketing platform; OPEN Ads, a marketing data curation service; More, an onsite marketing solution; I am School, an education management platform; and Pink Diary, a female health care app for Korean society of obstetricians and gynecologists developed based on consultation by doctors. The company was formerly known as NHN Entertainment Corp. and changed its name to NHN Corporation in April 2019. NHN Corporation was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea.
History
It was founded in December 1999 under the name Hangame Communications, Inc. In July 2000, Hangame Communications officially merged with South Korea's largest search engine company, Naver. Upon the merger, the name of the company was changed to "Next Human Network", or NHN, although the two divisions continue to operate under their original brand names. On 1 August 2013 NHN was re-split into NHN Entertainment Corporation and Naver Corporation for strategic reasons. On 1 April 2019, the company name was changed to NHN again.
Mission
NHN's mission is to empower people, businesses, and society with technology and services that enable them to discover, manage, and benefit from the digital world more efficiently and easily.
Vision
NHN's vision is to build a world where technology serves people to make their lives better.
Key Team
Mr. Sung-Bong Hong (Director of Platform Devel.)
Mr. Yeon-Hun Jeong (Gen. Director of PAYCO)
Ms. Seon-Young Hwang (Director of Strategic Planning)
Mr. Yu-Won Kim (Gen. Director of Data Science Research)
Mr. Do-Min Baek (Director of IT Infrastructure)
Mr. Hyun-Sung Kim (Gen. Director of Legal Affairs)
Mr. Hyun-Shik Cho (Director of Game Bus. Devel.)
Recognition and Awards
NHN has won numerous awards including the Prime Minister’s Award for Software Product of the Year and the National Award for Software Product of the Year.
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