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Naver Corporation

A South Korean internet company that runs the country's most-used search engine, along with news, maps, payments, and webtoon services like the global comic platform Webtoon. Founded in 1999 by Lee Hae-jin and former Samsung SDS colleagues, it also built the messaging app Line, which became Japan's dominant chat platform. The name combines "navigate" and "-er" — a nod to guiding people through the vast ocean of online information.