Shared Growth
NHN is committed to create meaningful changes to the society with our technology and knowhow and spares no efforts to come up with ways to grow together with local communities and SMEs. While fostering local IT talent and organically expanding the IT ecosystem, we are supporting various technologies and services for SMEs, startups, and small business owners.
Foster Local Talents
NHN Academy
NHN Academy is an educational institution specializing in software development technology established to foster talents having a balanced capabilities in theory and practice. Opening the first campus in Gimhae, Gyeongnam Province in March 2022, NHN Academy selected trainees from adjacent regions such as Ulsan and Gyeongnam Province and set out plans to offer job openings at NHN affiliates within the relevant regions to graduates with excellent records. Curriculum designed by NHN staff members and education experts is devised to convey the development knowledge and experience acquired for the trainees to nurture the field sense. The 3-course curriculum concludes with a project in which students develop practical skills based on a strong theoretical background and absorb NHN Dooray!'s Java backend development expertise. In the case of project courses that are directly linked to companies, we focus on nurturing practical talents who can be injected to the actual work-site immediately.
NHN Academy Campus
| Region | Establishment | Contents |
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| Gyeonsangnam -do Campus |
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| Gwangju Campus | July 2022 |
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Local IT Conference
NHN held the 'NHN FORWARD Gyeongnam/Changwon' event in December 2019, the largest IT conference in the region
and shared NHN's diverse technology and service knowhow with the local community. About 500 attendees from related industry and
university students from Gyeongnam Province joined the venue where NHN's know-how was presented in a total of 16 sessions
covering various topics from games, cloud, search to artificial intelligence and front-end.
In July 2022, 'NHN Cloud make IT Gwangju,' the cloud-specialized conference was held in Gwangju to share NHN's cloud
technology strategy with the local community. About 500 people attended the event with keen interest in the performance and
vision of NHN Cloud. 'NHN FORWARD Gyeongnam/Changwon' and 'NHN Cloud make IT Gwangju' are touted as the
exceptional and unprecedented large-scale IT conferences held outside the metropolitan area. NHN will continue to provide a
venue for an active exchange of information with those in the industry beyond the regional limitation.
Public-Private Talent Nurturing Project
As a representative IT company in Korea, NHN is participating in the 'Public-Private Cooperation Digital Talent Training Project' promoted by the Ministry of Science and ICT. As a company-led SW talent nurturing project to better respond to a rapidly increasing demand for digital manpower, NHN plans to continue its efforts in closely cooperating with the government along with NHN Academy and NHN Cloud.
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NHN Academy Gyeongnam Campus
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NHN FORWARD, Gyeongnam/Changwon
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Proclamation Ceremony for Public-Private Cooperation Digital Talent Training Project
Support SME
Support for Small and Medium-sized and Startup Game Company
NHN offers technical training and education for startups, SMEs and young founders every year by collaborating with various game related fields. We support all services necessary for game development and operation, including the game platform 'Gamebase', for SMEs and allow the companies, with less than 30,000 monthly cumulative DAU, to use Gamebase for free and share NHN's game launch experiences and successful know-how.
| Cooperating Agency | Period | Supports | Outcome |
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| Gyeonggi Content Agency |
2020~2022 |
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| Gwangju Information and Contents Agency | 2021 |
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| Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency |
2021 |
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| Korea Mobile Game Association |
2021 |
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AI Tech Support for Startups and SMEs
NHN helps startups and SMEs expand and grow their business by providing AI technology. MICE startup 'Govent' applied AI-based face recognition technology to their kiosks through collaborating with NHN in 2022. The kiosks were used at the 'AI Expo 2022' event, facilitating the pre-registrants to access quickly and conveniently with facial recognition using the preregistered facial photos. NHN aims to expand the application of technology at various event sites supported by Govent in the future, thus reducing the use of disposable name tags and enhancing visitor convenience.
AI Championship Support
NHN provided cloud infrastructure to the 'AI Championship 2021', the largest artificial intelligence start-up competition in Korea to ensure a stable operation of the competition. The Artificial Intelligence Championship, hosted by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and organized by the Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship, is a start-up competition that connects excellent startups with those with creative ideas and allows the large companies to discover an optimal cooperation. NHN deployed a dedicated engineer during the competition to establish dedicated technology response channel for participating companies and enhanced data security by introducing a cloud-based data management system.
NHN Commerce
Support for expansion of sales channels for small and medium-sized businessesNHN Commerce, operating shopping mall solution 'shop by', was selected as the 'Caring Enterprise 2.0' in June 2021 by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups as it was recognized as the best company to support small business owners to expand their presence in online market. NHN Commerce provides all the services necessary to build and manage online malls free of charge for small businesses recommended by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and offers training for online business and competency program for various fields to help small businesses have their competitive edge and autonomy. Having operated SME-dedicated shopping page for 9 months from June 2021 through the design shopping mall '1300k', NHN Commerce also had supported the businesses with sales channels and promotions through PR activities including discount coupons. In 2020 and 2021, when it was hard for small businesses to secure offline sales channel due to the spread of COVID-19, it had collaborated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the local government of Gwangmyeong and sought win-win with local small businesses.
| Business | Period | Support |
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| Online sales channel for Seoul traditional market | 2020 | Supported 100 stores in 12 traditional markets in Seoul to build online malls, consultation and marketing support |
| Online sales channels for small businesses in Gwangmyeong | 2021 | Supported 10 small businesses in Gwangmyeong with a chance to use Shop by for free, consultation, post management and marketing activities |
| Support sellers for flea market | 2020 | Support ontact commerce for 12 sellers that joined 'HEY, MARKET ; November Fest' |
NHN KCP
Support Online Shopping Malls and SMEsNHN KCP supports SMEs through ad marketing, OMS, fulfillment, and web design as it strikes partnerships with various companies. It also exempts PG subscription fees to NHN Korea Cyber Payment so that online shopping mall startups can run their business stably, and supports SMEs through ad marketing, OMS, fulfillment, and web design through partnerships with various companies. We are providing free shopping mall services worth 2 million won for 3 months, including AI personalized recommendation, CRM & tracking, AI chatbot, and shopping mall app for SMEs according to the business agreement signed in 2021 with an IT platform company Enliple.
NHN Bugs
'Connect', Artist Support ProjectNHN Bugs currently runs an artist support project 'Connect' to improve the rights and interests of music creators and to help their creative activities. As a service where any creator or agency can directly upload songs and videos and communicate with fans, all music created by the creator will be displayed in Bugs Home and chart same as other music. All proceeds are paid to creators except for commissions up to the accumulated settlement amount of 10 million won. Dashboard with information on how audiences react to the content and areas where you can promote music releases or performances are also offered. As of the end of 2021, there are about 2,200 artists and about 11,000 songs registered on Connect.