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Cyworld, Korea's MySpace, to relaunch in 2025

Cyworld, a nostalgic social media platform, aims to relaunch in 2025, targeting users in their 30s to 50s.

2024.12.11

Cyworld goes offline as return proves underwhelming

Cyworld, Korea’s once highly popular social network, temporarily halted its service for an update from Tuesday after its return failed to take off.

2023.8.1

Relaunched Cyworld to offer users opportunity to earn cash

Cyworld users will be able to make money through non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and games, its operator said Monday ahead of the reopening of the service Saturday. Cyworld-to-earn (C2E) is based on the play-to-earn (P2E) game system which allows ...

2022.3.28

The album cover for Mad Clown and Lee Hae-ri's collaboration [CYWORLDZ]

Rapper Mad Clown and Davichi’s Lee Hae-ri release Cyworld song

Rapper Mad Clown and female duo Davichi’s Lee Hae-ri released a song today that reminisces about Cyworld, Korea’s best-known social media platform from the 2000s. It is the ninth song part of the “Cyworld BGM 2021” project, where remakes of...

2021.9.3

Cyworld may remember you better than you think

Cyworld, Korea's original super-popular social network, was resurrected Monday with some features offered to a select few.

2021.8.2

A look at Korea's social media platforms of times gone by

Although Cyworld is the best-known social media platform from the 2000s, it was neither the first Korean social media platform, nor the only one, to gain viral popularity in that era. The following are some of the domestic social media services ...

2021.7.21

Once Korea's most popular social media platform, Cyworld serviced personal home pages called 'minihompy' from 2001 to 2019. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Cyworld reopening excites some, but leaves others worried about what will resurface

Cyworld, once Korea’s most popular social media platform, will reopen its services next month — although the launch date has already been postponed three times. Expectations are rising that the resumption of the platform will open a treasure ...

2021.7.21

A photo of Cyworld's new 3D minihompy, a virtual space where users can decorate and place their avatars. [CYWORLD Z]

Cyworld's return delayed once again as hackers attack

Just hours before it was to make its return, Cyworld delayed the reopening of it service due to hacking attempts.

2021.7.5

The soon-to-launch Cyworld service [CYWORLD Z]

Popular songs of the Cyworld era are finding fame once again

Before Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, Korean youngsters would gather at Cyworld — once Korea's most popular social network and one of the very first in the world. Having once dominated the online realm in the 2000s and early 2010s, Cyworld is ...

2021.6.23

Dust off that old account, Cyworld is making a comeback

Cyworld, once Korea's most popular social network and one of the very first in the world, is about to make a comeback.

2021.2.3

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Cyworld

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Cyworld, Korea's MySpace, to relaunch in 2025

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