Gaming evolves with Social Networking in Korea

“Social networking service changes how people consume information and how they play games,” said Ryu Han-na, an official at NHN Corp., Korea’s leading portal Naver’s operator. “Social games reflect the characteristics of the platform. Because it uses already built connections, the information becomes their own thing thus more meaningful.” 

Naver launched last month an application store, “Social Apps,” where users buy and sell applications for its new social home “Naver Me.

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