Software from South Korea: 17 vendors in 11 categories
South Korea lies outside the EU and the EEA. Contracts and data also fall under non-European law; every vendor below has a page with European alternatives.
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- last checked
- 11 October 2026
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Score per vendor: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign
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- Sovereignty score 63 out of 100Hancom OfficeOffice & Productivity · Self-hosted / open sourceKorean office suite (Hangul word processor, Hancell, Hanshow, PDF tools) by Hancom Inc. in Seongnam, South Korea; installed desktop software.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100FLOMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean music-streaming service (Seoul) operated by Dreamus Company, formerly part of SK Group.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Kakao MapsMaps & Navigation · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean mapping and navigation platform from Kakao Corporation.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100KakaoTalkMessaging · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean dominant messaging app, owned by Kakao Corporation.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100MelonMusic Streaming · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean music-streaming platform (Seoul) from Kakao Entertainment, the country's largest service.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Naver MapsMaps & Navigation · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean mapping platform, independently operated by Naver Corporation (Seongnam).
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Samsung Knox ManageEndpoint & Device Management · Non-EU vendorEnterprise mobility management for Samsung Galaxy devices from Samsung Electronics (Suwon, South Korea); cloud console with servers in the US, Ireland, Singapore and India.
- Sovereignty score 42 out of 100Samsung SmartThingsIoT & Embedded · Non-EU vendorSmart home platform and app from Samsung Electronics (South Korea) for connecting, controlling and automating devices from Samsung and other brands.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Daum SearchSearch Engines · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean search engine of the Daum portal, covering web documents, images, videos, blogs and cafes. Operated by Kakao Corp.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100LG SuperSignDigital Signage · Non-EU vendorCloud-based content management software for digital signage on LG displays, from LG Electronics in Seoul, South Korea.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100NaverSearch Engines · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean web portal and dominant search engine (Seongnam) with roughly 63% domestic market share.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Naver WhaleBrowser · Non-EU vendorChromium-based browser from South Korea's Naver Corporation, available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Polaris OfficeOffice & Productivity · Non-EU vendorSouth Korean freemium office suite (Infraware/Polaris Office Corp, Seoul) for documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100PuzzleDataProcess Mining & RPA · Non-EU vendorProDiscovery process mining platform from PuzzleData, Seoul (South Korea), deployable in cloud or on-premise environments.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Samsung CloudPersonal Backup & Sync · Non-EU vendorBackup, sync and restore service from Samsung Electronics (South Korea) for Galaxy devices.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Samsung InternetBrowser · Non-EU vendorWeb browser from Samsung Electronics (South Korea) for Android and Windows, with anti-tracking, a secret mode and synchronisation through a Samsung account.
- Sovereignty score 32 out of 100Samsung MagicINFODigital Signage · Non-EU vendorContent management software for digital signage on Samsung commercial displays, from Samsung Electronics (South Korea); offered as on-premise software or as a cloud service.
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