Key Takeaways Expansion in games, cloud, and AI-driven platforms positions NHN for stronger growth and improved operating margins through scale and high-margin, recurring revenues. Streamlining underperforming divisions and strengthening digital payment offerings are expected to enhance earnings quality and drive sustainable, profitable growth.
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; comico, a Webtoon platform; Bugs, a music portal operating music streaming and online music distribution business; and NHN KCP, an integrated e-payment service. The company also provides Ticketlink, a concert, culture, and sports ticket booking service; comico webtoon, an internet webtoon studio; Doctortour, a travel service that offers various travel packages; Dighty, AI-based data solution and services; Dighty Data Market, a data hub that sells web and app data product and data-based insight contents; ACE Counter, a real-time web and app integrated log analysis service; and Audiens, a customer data platform. In addition, it offers ACE Trader, a data-based performance AD platform; ACE eXchange, a digital market place; ADLIB, an advertising network platform to optimize the profit of application developers; NHN Cloud, an integrated cloud service; NHN Dooray!, an integrated business communication platform; NHN Game platform; and NHN Cloud Center, as well as Shop by, an online shopping mall solution, TOAST Cam, a smart cloud IP camera; OPEN Ads, a marketing data curation service; 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. Further, the company offers games including Crusaders Quest, Friends POP, Compass, Hangame, Hangame Baduk and Omok, Hangame Janggi, Hangame Shin Matgo, Hangame Sutda&Matgo, Hangame Poker Classic, Hangame Poker, Hangame Double A Poker, and GUNS UP! Mobile. The company was formerly known as NHN Entertainment Corp. and changed its name to NHN Corporation in April 2019. NHN Corporation was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Seongnam-si, South Korea.
