Characteristic
Online game
a game played over computer network
Charging system: Stable income
Impossible to copy
Long lifecycle
History
Founded in March, 1997
1998: Launched Lineage
2000: Registered in KOSDAQ
2001: created US subsidiary NC Interactive
2008: Launched Aion in Korea
The competition in Korea market has been worse
NC soft and other companies have been enter overse
2. NC Soft
1) History
NC Soft is an online computer game company that founded in March 1997 by T.J. Kim, a business software developer and author of the Korean word processor Hangul. In September 1998, NC Soft launched its first and most popular game, Lineage. Lineage was the first MMORPG to exceed the record of 100,000 concurrent users for the first time in Korea. The success of this game help
expansion will increase. Therefore, KT&G must correlate with diversification in order to alleviate the dangers of relying only on the tobacco business.
Red ginseng business will be intensified along with expansion to the real-estate business, bio-industry, and in-house development. First, the red ginseng business will use 'Jeong-Gwan-Jang' as a brand image to increase profit. By taking care
in total sales. Its net profit was KRW 11.9 billion .
B. International Expansion History
Nongshim is famous for its great success in the instant noodle market not only in Korea, but foreign market like China, USA, etc. Currently it has been focusing on expanding its business area to premium instant noodle market in China and this chapter will cover Nongshim’s international expansion history.
Expansion of marketing channels
Even makgeolli which is made from premium and health ingredients can not be sold at the fine price unless there are proper marketing channels for the product. With the release of special makgeollis, producers also had to renovate existing marketing channels. Especially, producers with large scale of firm have expanded the marketing networks all over the country. T