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The future for us is outside Korea. A market of fifty million people is not enough.

global-expansiongrowth— Public remarks, 2016
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I would rather be judged by the products we build than by the interviews I give.

leadershipprivacy— Public remarks, 2018
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Even when you are number one, you have to think and fight like a challenger.

competitionmindset— Naver company remarks, 2017
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Search is a matter of sovereignty. A country that hands its search over to someone else loses something important.

independencesearch— Public remarks on Korean tech, 2016
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We could not win in Korea by copying the global players. We had to build something they could not.

competitioninnovation— Naver strategy discussion, 2015