Yahoo! Inc. is officially out of South Korea. As of Dec.

31, Yahoo's Korean portal is no more. Users who try to access it are now redirected to a page hosted on Yahoo's American site informing them that Yahoo! Korea's products, services and content have been terminated.

Email service has also been discontinued for Korean accounts; users can either convert their Korean accounts to American-operated Yahoo email accounts or await further guidance to come in January 2013. Yahoo announced the shutdown of its Korean operations in October. Similar shutdowns in other countries should not be expected.