The reason for the raid was a claim from NHN Corp and Daum Communications Corp, two Korean companies involved with search engines in that country, that Google is engaged in anticompetitive practices with their Android operating system.
The two companies alleging anti-competitive behavior are NHN Corp.operator of Naver, South Korea's most popular search engine, and Daum Communications Corp. Google has a 20 percent mobile market share in South Korea, despite only having 2 percent...
Daum Communications Corp.is traded on the KOSDAQ: 035720, www.daum.net. LYCOS, Inc.www.lycos.com) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daum Communications Corp.a leading Internet portal and e-commerce destination in Korea with a growing presence...
The article goes on to say that Daum Communications Co. According to Asia Pulse, NHN will no longer offer its search services in Japan because the company, "has been unable to dent Yahoo Japan Corp.s dominance in the country.
The article goes on to say that Daum Communications Co. The Korean Herald reports: NHN joins desktop search competition, that NHN Corp owners of leading Korean search engine Naver.com are now offering a desktop search application.
