Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

'KPop Demon Hunters,' 'When Life Gives You Tangerines' and presidential election top Korea's 2025 Google search history

Though Koreans may have found moments of peace and fun in hit films like “KPop Demon Hunters” or the “Chill Guy” meme, their online searches reflected a year dominated by anxiety regarding politics, personal finances and internet safety.

2025-12-04

ChatGPT and AI tools eclipse community knowledge-sharing platforms

Once heralded as the future of collaborative information sharing, online knowledge platforms like Wikipedia and Naver Knowledge iN are rapidly losing ground to generative AI.

2025-05-31

Kakao to revive Daum's independence with strategic spin-off

Kakao will spin off its portal service Daum, 11 years after merging with the platform, in a bid to allow more autonomous management and reinvigorate the brand.

2025-05-23

The year's most Googled recipe: bibimbap

Google's "Year in Search" revealed that the world's most searched recipe in 2023 was that of bibimbap. Korean searchers were also interested in pickled garlic and different varieties of kimchi.

2023-12-13

Korea falling to Google as Naver loses ground in search

Google is now so popular it has become a verb in its own right, as in “Google it.”

2021-03-14