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NHN Corporation
Native name
주식회사 엔에이치엔
TypePublic
KRX: 181710
IndustryOnline game portal
Predecessorthe first iteration of NHN (now Naver Corporation)
FoundedDecember 1999; 26 years ago (1999-12) (as Hangame Communications, Inc.)
1 August 2013 (2013-08-01) (as NHN Entertainment Corporation)
HeadquartersSeongnam, South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
RevenueIncrease ₩2.52 trillion (US$2.2 billion) (2025[1])
Increase ₩1.95 trillion (US$1.71 billion) (2025[1])
Total assetsIncrease ₩3.85 trillion (US$3.37 billion) (2025[1])
Total equityIncrease ₩1.77 trillion (US$1.55 billion) (2025[1])
Owners
Number of employees
904 (2025[1])
SubsidiariesNHN Japan Corporation
Websitenhn.com

NHN Corporation (Korean: 주식회사 엔에이치엔) is a South Korean information technology and online gaming company headquartered in Seongnam, South Korea. Founded in 1999 as Hangame Communications, the company originally operated the online game portal Hangame, one of the earliest and most popular web-based gaming platforms in South Korea.

NHN was formerly part of the original NHN, a company formed through the merger of Hangame and Naver in 2000. Following a corporate restructuring in 2013, the online search and internet platform business was separated into Naver Corporation, while the remaining game and entertainment business was renamed NHN Entertainment. The company adopted its current name, NHN Corporation, in 2019.

The company operates a wide range of businesses including online and mobile games, payment services, cloud computing, e-commerce, content distribution, and technology infrastructure. Its subsidiaries and affiliated services include NHN PlayArt, NHN Cloud, NHN Payco, and Comico.[2]

History

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It was founded in December 1999 under the name Hangame Communications, Inc[3]. 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.[4]

NHN has been focusing on cloud services since 2014. It launched the brand TOAST Cloud in 2014 and built its own IDC center in 2015. TOAST Cloud provides cloud services.[5]

Games

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TitleYearPlatform(s)Genre
Fish Island2012iOS, AndroidSports
Fish Friends2012iOS, AndroidSports
Wooparoo Mountain2012iOS, AndroidSocial
LINE POP2012iOS, AndroidPuzzle
LINE Dozer2013iOS, AndroidCoin Pusher
Crusaders Quest2014iOS, AndroidMMORPG
RWBY: Amity Arena2018iOS, AndroidTower defense
Dr. Mario World2019iOS, AndroidPuzzle
Critical Ops: Reloaded2019iOS, AndroidFPS
Darkest Days2025iOS, Android, Steam, Epic GamesZombie RPG shooter
Abyssdia2025iOS, AndroidRPG

Studios and subsidiaries

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  • NHN Bigfoot
  • NHN PixelCube
  • NHN Japan Corporation
  • NHN Israel
  • NHN Global
  • NHN Singapore
  • NHN Investment
  • NHN Bugs Corporation (formerly Neowiz Internet Corporation, acquired from Neowiz Holdings in 2015), which trades under the Bugs! Brand (often stylized as SUPER SOUND Bugs!) held a 15% share of South Korea's music streaming market at the end of 2016, according to an IFPI survey of Internet users.[6]
    • JPlanet Entertainment (formerly JJ Holic Media)[7]
    • How Entertainment[7]

References

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Specific

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "FY2025 filing - DART - Repository of Korea's Corporate Filings". englishdart.fss.or.kr. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  2. ↑ "Company Profile - GlobalData". GlobalData. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Hangame". IT History Society. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  4. ↑ "Naver Corporation". navercorp.com (in Korean). Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "NHN Debuts Its Cloud-backed Integrated Work Platform, TOAST | Online Marketplaces". www.onlinemarketplaces.com. 7 September 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  6. ↑ Yoon, Sung-won (24 April 2017). "Paid music streaming services thrive in South Korea". The South China Morning Post. The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  7. 1 2 "하우 엔터·제이플래닛, '첫사랑' 등 신인걸그룹 연내 론칭 [공식입장]". entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 16 March 2019.

General

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