ijji.com Welcomes Sirgoo Lee as CEO in GamePortal's Unprecedented Growth

IRVINE, Calif. - March 10, 2010 -NHN USA, the North American wholly-owned subsidiary of NHN (KOSDAQ:035420), the largest Internet company in Korea, welcomes Sirgoo Lee as chief executive officer. Sirgoo joins the publisher, which hosts ijji.com and boasts more than 60% growth in the last year, from NHN to map the continued strategic direction of one of the fastest growing online game portals in North America.

Founded in 2006, NHN USA rapidly became a leading hardcore online game publisher in North America with its popular portal ijji.com - home to 10 million unique registered gamers. ijji.com offers a wide array of online games,from quick-triggered first-person shooting games to pavement-screeching racing and immersive online role-playing games. All of the portal's experiences are free-to-play with an optional microtransaction currency model that allows players to augment their gaming experiences with vanity and elite in-game items.

"ijji.com is such a phenomenal benchmark in the online games industry, finding a dedicated community and growing tremendously in a very short period of time," said Sirgoo Lee, CEO, NHN USA, Inc. "I am ecstatic to lend my experience to its continued momentum and growth as we enter a new decade. It feels great to be back in the United States to continue work with a company that shows such promise. The ijji.com portal is a beacon for game portals everywhere."

Thriving at NHN as the director of overseas business development, Lee's new role as CEO has him continuing the company's mission of providing a diverse array of quality hardcore games. With a consistent hunger to explore - evidenced by his international resume - Lee will continue to grow ijji.com's worldly cache. Prior to NHN, Lee worked for IBM Korea as in-house counsel, and as an associate attorney for the Portland, Ore. law firm of Weiss, Jensen, Ellis & Howard P.C., currently listed as Holland & Knight. Sirgoo Lee attained a Bachelor's Degree in East Asian History from Seoul National University, a Master's in History from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Juris Doctor from the Lewis & Clark Law School. He is also a member of the Oregon State Bar.

Lee assumes the CEO position from former chief executive Philip Yun, who will continue directing the company's business growth as the senior vice president of its business division.