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Empas (hangul: 엠파스) was one of the popular total internet search tools and web portal sites in South Korea. The service was launched in 1998 by Knowledge Plant Corporation (지식발전소) which changed its name to Empas Corporation in 2004. The name Empas is a combination of e-media and compass. Before its merger with Nate in 2009 Empas was one of South Korea’s most popular web search engines and competed with Yahoo! Korea Daum Nate and Naver.