Korean esports organisation Nongshim Redforce has announced a partnership with Naver streaming platform CHZZK.
The collaboration will feature exclusive content and IP-based collaborations across the organisations’ esports rosters for the 2026 season.
The announcement revealed that the collaboration will cover MOBA title League of Legends, tactical shooter VALORANT, and sports simulator FC Online.
CHZZK becomes the latest brand to join the esports organisation’s portfolio of commercial partners. Several days beforehand, Nongshim Redforce’s social media announced a separate partnership with global outdoor brand MILLET as its official apparel sponsor of the 2026 season.
As of writing, the team lists partnerships with peripheral staples such as Logitech G and ZOWIE, and previously worked with SteelSeries in 2022 as a peripheral provider.
Streaming platform CHHZK has also expanded its esports presence over the years. Its parent company, Naver, entered a broadcasting rights agreement with Riot Games for the League of Legends Champions Korea spanning 2026 to 2030. Elsewhere, it also secured Korean broadcast rights for the 2025 Esports World Cup across all of its featured tournaments.
Nongshim Redforce Heading into 2026
Nongshim Redforce has been an active presence across the esports scene and has undergone various roster changes ahead of the 2026 season.
In League of Legends, the team underwent several changes in November, welcoming five new members. Both Bae ‘Sponge‘ Young-jun and Kim ‘Taeyoon‘ Tae-yoon joined as its jungler and bot-laner, respectively.
On November 21st, Lee ‘Scout‘ Ye-chan joined as a mid-laner, with both Hwang ‘Kingen‘ Seong-hoon and Son ‘Lehends‘ Si-woo singing the following day to round out its roster.
Nongshim Redforce did not qualify for Worlds 2025 after placing seventh in the LCK 2025 season. However, the team secured third place in the 2025 Asia Invitational back in October.
On the VALORANT side, the roster has mostly stayed the same, with the majority of the roster joining the organisation back in 2024.
Nongshim Redforc, previously parted ways with two players, Yang ‘Persia‘ Zi-on and Kim ‘margaret‘ Ji-woo, earlier this year. It then welcomed the team’s new in-game captain, Goo ‘Rb‘ Sang-min, back in June 17th, 2025.
While the team was not able to qualify for VALORANT Champions this year, the team placed runner-up in the VCT Ascension Pacific, meaning it will compete in VCT Pacific in the 2026 season.
