Rumors of Baidu's entry into South Korea are like rumors that KR domain names are no one cares yet

A few days ago, news about the Chinese search engine giant Baidu to enter the Korean market was spread in the industry, these messages do not have any accurate sources. Sohu IT found that baidu has not registered a baidu domain name in Korea so far, indicating that baidu has no intention to "touch" the Korean market in the short term.
 
Sohu IT found on asiaregistry (Australia), a multinational domain name registrar in Asia. As of January March 26, baidu had three possible Korean domain names: baidu. co. kr, baidu. ne. kr and baidu. or. kr is displayed as "Available" (can be registered), that is, Baidu has not registered these domain names.
Generally, the first step for internet companies to develop overseas markets is to register domain names from other countries. At present, Baidu's Japanese website baidu.jp has been activated, and its search test version starts to provide services.
According to domestic media sources that did not indicate the sources, Baidu is recruiting Korean and Vietnamese personnel to show its intention to enter the Korean and Vietnamese markets.
Interestingly, Sohu IT found that baidu's Vietnamese domain name "baidu. vn" was already registered.
It is worth mentioning that Baidu CEO Li Yanhong said at last year's China Internet Conference that China's Internet penetration rate is not as high as that of neighboring countries Vietnam, and Vietnam is probably twice that of China.