Streaming services up the ante with new releases in the new year

The period from Christmas up to the Lunar New Year, known as Seollal in Korea, marks a turning point for the streaming service industry. Each service gears up for the year by releasing highly-anticipated works studded with stars.

2023-01-03

Korea's webtoon industry grew by 48.6% year-on-year in 2021

Korea's webtoon industry grew by 48.6 percent in 2021 compared to the previous year, an end-of-the-year report from the Korea Creative Content Agency (Kocca) showed Thursday. According to the report, the local industry with a current revenue of...

2022-12-22

Kakao Entertainment, Naver Webtoon to disclose sales data, improve contracts

Kakao Entertainment and Naver Webtoon agreed to disclose sales data and make contracts easier for creators to understand in a non-binding agreement signed between webtoon companies, creators and the government on Friday. The agreement came from ...

2022-12-16

Naver Webtoon develops technology for visually impaired

Naver Webtoon has developed a system to help people with visual impairments experience webtoons through the use of text-to-voice technology, the company said in a webinar held Monday. A text explanation of the illustrations is created first, and ...

2022-12-05

HYBE releases 'Dark Moon: The Grey City' webtoon, novel based on boy band &Team

HYBE will release webtoons and web novels inspired by its upcoming Japanese boy band &Team, the entertainment company said Monday. The HYBE original webtoon "Dark Moon: The Grey City" was made available from Monday at 10 p.m., and its web novel ...

2022-12-05

Le Sserafim webtoon and web novel 'Crimson Heart' to soon release on Naver Webtoon

A webtoon and web novel inspired by girl group Le Sserafim will soon be made available on Naver Webtoon. According to HYBE, the webtoon titled “Crimson Heart” will be released on Naver Webtoon at 10 p.m. Thursday. The web novel of the same name...

2022-11-24

Hansae seeks new sources of growth and vows reform

Hansae Vice Chairman Kim Ik-whan pledged to discover new growth engines and create an innovative corporate culture in celebration of the company’s 40th anniversary on Wednesday.

2022-11-16

Cast announced for webtoon-based drama 'See You in My 19th Life'

The cast for upcoming drama “See You in My 19th Life,” based on the popular Naver Webtoon series, was officially announced Tuesday. Shin Hae-sun and Ahn Bo-hyun will play the leading female and male roles in the drama.

2022-11-15

Piccoma No. 1 grossing app in Japan in September

Piccoma, Kakao's global webtoon service, was the No. 1 grossing app in Japan in September on both Google and Apple’s app stores, according to market tracker data.ai on Friday. This is the fourth time for the Kakao app to top the two Japanese ...

2022-11-04

Korea Manhwa Contents Agency to hold webtoon exhibition in New York

The Korea Manhwa Contents Agency will hold a webtoon exhibition at the Korean Cultural Center New York from Oct. 31 until Dec. 16. Titled “Bang! K-webtoon,” the stateside exhibition will feature popular webtoons such as...

2022-10-20

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