I Built an MCP Server for Korean Data — Here's Why

If you've spent any time with Claude Desktop or Cursor lately, you've probably noticed that the MCP ecosystem is exploding. There are servers for everything: GitHub, Slack, databases, weather APIs, Spotify... But try asking Claude to pull Naver search trends, check Melon chart rankings, or browse Daangn listings. You'll hit a wall fast. That's the gap I built korean-data-mcp to fill. Why Korean Data Is Underserved in MCP Korea has a parallel internet. Naver — not Google — dominates search. Melon — not Spotify — sets music trends. Daangn and Bunjang — not Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace — are where Koreans buy and sell secondhand. Musinsa — not ASOS — is where Korean fashion trends get set. These platforms don't have English-first APIs. Most of them don't have public APIs at all. So when Western developers and AI tooling are built, Korean data sources are simply... not there. The MCP spec changes what's possible here. Instead of writing one-off scripts, I can wrap Korean data sources